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Gamers Are Better at Making Decisions, Research Proves
Damian Mista, 26 July 2022, 16:36
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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Valve Looks For Psychologist to Help Make More Games Like Half-Life: Alyx
Karol Laska, 05 January 2021, 22:06
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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Research Reveals: Violent Games do Not Increase Aggression Levels
Arkadiusz Strzala, 30 December 2020, 18:56
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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Video Games Promote Reading and Writing, Suggests a UK Survey
Jacob Blazewicz, 12 August 2020, 22:44
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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Gaming Disorder Survey Reveals Most Addictive Video Games
Peter Doron, 13 January 2020, 14:59
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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Oxford University: Obsessive Playing is Not Illness
Christian Pieniazek, 22 October 2019, 20:50
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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Industry Wants to Remove Gaming Disorder From IDC-11
Frozen, 29 May 2019, 20:39
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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Excessive Gaming Officially Recognised as Illness
Adrian Werner, 26 May 2019, 16:37
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.