Tag: gamers

Study suggests escapism as a powerful predictor of internet gaming disorder among video gamers

From the Elsevier press release: A new study in Comprehensive Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, is the first to compare professional electronic sport (esport) players with recreational video game players and explores… Read more »

Study examines personality and motivation in relation to internet gaming disorder

From the Wiley press release: A new study examining the relationships among personality, motivation, and internet gaming disorder (IGD) found that predictors of IGD include male gender, neurotic and introverted… Read more »

Study suggests the lure of the ‘loot box’ looks a lot like gambling

From the University of British Columbia press release: An increasingly popular feature of modern video games is attracting gamers who share the beliefs and behaviours of problem gamblers, new UBC… Read more »

Study suggests playing video games is generally not harmful to boys’ social development

From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: The popularity of interactive video games has sparked concern among parents, educators, and policymakers about how the games affect children… Read more »

Study looks at the psychobiology of online gaming

From the Wiley press release: When researchers looked at expression of a particular gene complex that is activated by chronic stress, they found differences depending on whether someone was positively… Read more »

Study suggests avatar appearance may not make a difference in video games

From the University of Southern California press release: The gaming experience over the last decade has evolved tremendously and player-customized avatars, or virtual doppelgangers, are becoming more realistic every day…. Read more »

Study suggests no link between violent video games and increased aggression levels in adults

From the Springer press release: Playing violent action adventure games for prolonged periods does not make adults more aggressive say researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and… Read more »

Study suggests action games expand the brain’s cognitive abilities

From the Université de Genève press release: The human brain is malleable — it learns and adapts. Numerous research studies have focused on the impact of action video games on… Read more »

Videogame study suggests link between intelligence and skill at game

From the University of York press release: Researchers at the University of York have discovered a link between young people’s ability to perform well at two popular video games and… Read more »