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Study Indicates Gaming (and TV Viewing) Could Lead to Something

Playing videogames and watching television are linked with attention problems in kids, at least according to a study authored by Edward Swing, David Walsh, former head of the National Institute on...

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Pay Attention: Researchers Debunk Game Link to Concentration Study

Remember that study from earlier this week which intimated that playing videogames and watching television were linked with attention problems in children? Texas A&M researcher Christopher J...

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Gentile Compares Game Addiction to Yesteryear’s Alcoholism

While videogame addiction still isn’t recognized by the American Medical Association, an article on the subject in the Dayton Daily News features quotes from Iowa State researcher Douglas Gentile in...

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Iowa State University Proud of its Anti-Game Researchers

The research of Iowa State University psychology professors Craig Anderson (pictured, left) and Douglas Gentile (pictured, right), in addition to Rob West and ex-ISU professor Brad Bushman, makes up...

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Gentile: Pathological Gaming = Impulse-Control Disorder

Do you lie awake at night wondering why Professor Douglas Gentile conducted his latest video game addiction study in Singapore?  Well get ready for a good night’s sleep at last because that and other...

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Psychiatrist Examines Studies Supporting CA's Violent Video Game Law

We’re all on pins and needles waiting for the Supreme Court to finally release its decision on Brown v. EMA, so why not relieve some tension listening to an academic offer his less-than-impressed...

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Research: Parents Can't Rely Solely on a Game's Rating

A new study out of Iowa State University, seemingly the nexus of anti-video game research, has found that children who play prosocial games are more inclined to be helpful while those who play violent...

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Dr. Gentile Goes to Washington

Update: We have added a brief statement from Professor Douglas Gentile below.Next week Iowa State University psychology professor Douglas Gentile will be at the White House to discuss how video games...

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Iowa State Researchers Find Link Between Juvenile Offenders and Playing...

A new study by Iowa State researchers claims that (wait for it) there is a "strong connection" between playing violent video games and youth violence and delinquency. Backed by the usual suspects at...

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Fox News Offers Two-Part Feature on the Bad Influence of Violent Video Games

Fox News can't seem to get enough of trying to connect the dots between real-world mass shootings and violent video games. Part one of a two-part report on the subject gathers the usual suspects to try...

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