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·February 19, 2021·6 min read

Boys Who Play Video Games Have Lower Depression Risk

Eleven-year-old boys who play video games often are less likely to develop symptoms of depression three years later than their peers who don't.

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·December 15, 2020·6 min read

Tapping Gamers to Learn How People Problem-Solve

Hexxed, a new mobile game, is helping researchers find out how humans use strategies to solve problems, and how that differs from AI problem-solving abilities.

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·December 4, 2020·5 min read

Using a Video Game to Understand the Origin of Emotions

Using fMRI neuroimaging to evaluate the emotional state of people playing video games, researchers found different emotional components recruit several neural networks in parallel distribution throughout the brain. The transient synchronization between the different emotional components translates to different emotional states.

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·November 20, 2020·3 min read

Time Spent Playing Video Games Can Be Good for Your Well Being

Those who play video games are more likely to report experiencing positive emotions and better overall well-being.

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·September 22, 2020·4 min read

Playing Video Games as a Child Can Improve Working Memory Years Later

People who were avid gamers during childhood performed better at working memory tasks, even if they no longer played than their non-gaming peers.

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·May 13, 2020·4 min read

Is video game addiction real?

A six-year-long study reveals 90% of gamers do not play in a way that is harmful or causes long-term negative outcomes. 10% of gamers develop an addiction to video gaming. Those with video gaming addiction display higher levels of depression, aggression, anxiety, and cell phone addiction than their peers who play games but are not addicted.A six-year-long study reveals 90% of gamers do not play in a way that is harmful or causes long-term negative outcomes. 10% of gamers develop an addiction to video gaming. Those with video gaming addiction display higher levels of depression, aggression, anxiety, and cell phone addiction than their peers who play games but are not addicted.

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·April 10, 2020·5 min read

Video games improve the visual attention of expert players

If you're playing video games to help kill time during social distancing, you might be improving your visual attention abilities. Researchers found experienced gamers have faster information processing abilities and can allocate more cognitive power to individual visual stimuli. Playing video games can cause long-term changes in the brain and lead to improvements in temporal visual selective attention.

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·December 27, 2019·3 min read

Mindfulness video game changes areas of the brain associated with attention

Tenacity, a newly developed video game that promotes mindfulness, alters connectivity between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the inferior parietal cortex. These areas of the brain are critical for attention. After playing the game for a short period, participants reported improvements in attention.

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·November 6, 2019·2 min read

Study questions video games’ effects on violent behavior

A new study backs previous findings that there is not enough evidence to support the view that violent video games lead to acts of violence.

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·October 22, 2019·4 min read

Escapism: A powerful predictor of internet gaming disorder among video gamers

Escapism appears to be a common predictor of problematic gaming in both professional and recreational gamers.

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·October 18, 2019·3 min read

Nothing clinically “wrong” with obsessive gamers

Study reveals there is little evidence that obsessive gaming by adolescents requires medical intervention.

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·October 1, 2019·3 min read

Full-body interaction video games enhance social skills in children with autism disorders

A new video game fosters more social initiation that free play for those with ASD. The game also is effective at reducing repetitive behaviors and helps improve gestural expression.

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video games

Boys Who Play Video Games Have Lower Depression Risk

Tapping Gamers to Learn How People Problem-Solve

Using a Video Game to Understand the Origin of Emotions

Time Spent Playing Video Games Can Be Good for Your Well Being

Playing Video Games as a Child Can Improve Working Memory Years Later

Is video game addiction real?

Video games improve the visual attention of expert players

Mindfulness video game changes areas of the brain associated with attention

Study questions video games’ effects on violent behavior

Escapism: A powerful predictor of internet gaming disorder among video gamers

Nothing clinically “wrong” with obsessive gamers

How Imagination Fuels Empathy and Prosocial Behavior

Dopamine’s Role in Learning from Rewards and Penalties

Taste-Driven AI Algorithms Enhance Wine Selections

Peptide PACAP’s Key Role in Alcohol Addiction

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