Science is now seeing what players knew all along: video games aren’t just for enjoyment—they can help you out, too. Think back to when headlines told us video games make our minds better. To those ...

Periodically in this blog, I have written about positive and negative effects of video games. It is clear that video games can have both positive and negative influences on behavior. On the negative ...

CU Boulder scientists find that playing video games comes with small but significant cognitive benefits Ever since video games began to gain widespread popularity, some have questioned how playing ...

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Controversies have surrounded video games since the first time they went public. Blaming began with the first Mortal Kombat, to the point that violence accusations were escalated to the court. These ...

The inspiration to write this article came from my recent experience of working a shift in a child and adolescent psychiatric unit for children under 10 years old. I observed firsthand how a child’s ...