Discovered new article: Gaming Improves Mood (900 exp gained)

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Beyond the beat-em-up: video games are good for young people

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There’s an emerging body of research focusing on the potential positive influences of video games. – Rebecca Pollard

Research and media attention has usually focused on possible negative impacts of video games. But a clear case to support such links is yet to emerge and even people who argue that video games have a negative impact acknowledge that any such effect size is relatively small.

Now, there’s an emerging body of research focusing on the potential positive influences of video games.

(Continue reading the full article at The Conversation: here)