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How long should children play video games?
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Gambling addictions • Oct 12 16
A new study indicates that playing video games for a limited amount of time each week may provide benefits to children, but too much…
Online gambling to get safer through better prediction of addiction
• Addiction • • Gambling addictions • Oct 23 15
A new ‘early warning’ system that automatically informs gamblers as soon as their behaviour shows signs of turning into an addiction is helping people…
Study analyses internet, mobile and video game effects on young users
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Gambling addictions • Jan 29 15
A study conducted by researchers at the UAB, the Catalan Institute of Health (ICS) and the FPCEE Blanquerna (Ramon Llull University), and which included…
Internet addiction affects 6 percent of people worldwide
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Gambling addictions • Dec 19 14
Internet addiction is an impulse-control problem marked by an inability to inhibit Internet use, which can adversely affect a person’s life, including their health…
Cyberbullying rampant among high school students
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Gambling addictions • May 05 13
Step into a class of 30 high school students and look around. Five of them have been victims of electronic bullying in the past…
Video Game Helps Kids Battle Depression
• Children's Health • • Depression • • Gambling addictions • Apr 20 12
For depressed teenagers, a computer game may provide an alternative to in-person counseling, researchers found.
In a multicenter trial in New Zealand, playing the…
The Benefits of Video Games
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Gambling addictions • Feb 16 12
In addition to understanding the many real concerns that today’s parents have with video games, it’s also worth considering the benefits and positive aspects…
“Active” video games may be better for kids’ weight
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Gambling addictions • Jun 08 11
Overweight kids might benefit from swapping their traditional video games for “active” ones that get them off the couch, a new study suggests.
The…
Video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Gambling addictions • Sep 13 10
Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. The researchers…
New study finds links between video-game playing and health risks in adults
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Gambling addictions • Aug 18 09
While video gaming is generally perceived as a pastime for children and young adults, research shows that the average age of players in the…
UBC researchers develop new method to study gambling addictions
• Addiction • • Gambling addictions • Jun 17 09
UBC researchers have created the world’s first animal laboratory experiment to successfully model human gambling. The advance will help scientists develop and test new…