A recent study has found that physiological stress indicators decreased while participants were playing the video game A ...

The researchers also looked at violent video games’ relation to propensity for real-life violence—a well-worn talking point among both the public and the scientific community.

Violent video games are often blamed for making people who play them aggressive or violent. ... To help illustrate this point, here is footage of people playing Wolfenstein and Myst.

Despite their past association with social isolation, violent behavior, and underachievement, most adults who played video ...

It’s “game over” for these violent young men. Fed-up parents of male video game addicts are turning to trained professionals to help their kids kick the habit. Dr. Henrietta Bowden-Jones has ...

Prostitutes, car chases, plenty of body bags and enough swear words to make a sailor blush. They’re the bread and butter of the Grand Theft Auto video game series, whose latest, highly ...

Ask Amy: Mother is concerned about children playing violent video games Published: Apr. 10, 2024, 2:00 a.m. In today's Ask Amy column, Amy Dickinson shares an update from a past question about ...

Video games aren’t all about saving princesses and collecting coins; some plunge headfirst into chaos, carnage, and pixelated bloodbaths. These titles don’t just push the envelope; they rip it up and ...

Neuroscientists have investigated whether playing violent video games leads to a reduction in human empathy. To do this, they had adult test subjects play a violent video game repeatedly over the ...

A new study compared violent video game Google searches in all 50 states, to gauge whose players were the most “obsessed with” games, like Grand Theft Auto and Mortal Kombat.

Think gaming makes you tense? Science says otherwise. Video games reduce stress at a physiological level, even when players ...

In February 2018, President Trump stated in response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida that “the level of violence (in) video games is really shaping young people’s thoughts.” He ...