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Gamers Are Better at Making Decisions, Research Proves

Gamers Are Better at Making Decisions, Research Proves

Recent studies show that playing video games positively affects brain function. Players excel in tasks that require decision-making using sensorimotor mechanisms, so video games could find new applications.

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Damian Mista

July 26, 2022

Gamers Are Better at Making Decisions, Research Proves
Valve Looks For Psychologist to Help Make More Games Like Half-Life: Alyx

Valve Looks For Psychologist to Help Make More Games Like Half-Life: Alyx

A qualified psychologist urgently wanted at Valve! Among other things, to lend his/her expertise in the creation of even deeper next-gen gaming experiences.

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Karol Laska

January 5, 2021

Valve Looks For Psychologist to Help Make More Games Like Half-Life: Alyx
Research Reveals: Violent Games do Not Increase Aggression Levels

Research Reveals: Violent Games do Not Increase Aggression Levels

This is almost a taboo subject for the gaming community - the possible influence of violence in games on the behavior of young (and not only) people. However, the results of the latest, long-term research finally provide a definitive answer to this issue.

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Arkadiusz Strzala

December 30, 2020

Research Reveals: Violent Games do Not Increase Aggression Levels

Video Games Promote Reading and Writing, Suggests a UK Survey

The British charity National Literary Trust has published the results of a survey on the relationship between video games and reading. The survey shows that gaming can be an incentive to develop writing and reading skills as well as empathy.

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Jacob Blazewicz

August 12, 2020

Video Games Promote Reading and Writing, Suggests a UK Survey

Gaming Disorder Survey Reveals Most Addictive Video Games

Clutch conducted a survey on „gaming disorder”, a new disease to be included in the International Classification of Diseases in 2022. Thanks to it, we got to know potentially the most addictive video games.

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Peter Doron

January 13, 2020

Gaming Disorder Survey Reveals Most Addictive Video Games

Oxford University: Obsessive Playing is Not Illness

Research by the Oxford Internet Institute has shown that there is currently no evidence that excessive gambling is a illness. Instead, they argue that it is merely a symptom of wider problems unrelated to video games.

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Christian Pieniazek

October 22, 2019

Oxford University: Obsessive Playing is Not Illness

Industry Wants to Remove Gaming Disorder From IDC-11

In response to the World Health Organisation's decision to classify gaming addiction as a disease, the American ESA, in agreement with several other institutions, issued a statement calling for the withdrawal of the controversial decision.

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May 29, 2019

Industry Wants to Remove Gaming Disorder From IDC-11

Excessive Gaming Officially Recognised as Illness

The World Health Organisation has officially adopted the new version of the Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. The controversial gaming disorder was added to the list.

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Adrian Werner

May 26, 2019

Excessive Gaming Officially Recognised as Illness