So, are video games bad after all?

So, are video games bad after all?

Sample: 3 854 adolescents with an average age of 13.5 years.

Participants completed a questionnaire on gaming addiction and an assessment of cognitive abilities, and also reported how much time they spend playing video games.

Shown: if an adolescent has high scores on gaming addiction, then they will have lower scores across all cognitive characteristics. However, if scores on gaming addiction are low, but they play a lot and for long periods, then, on the contrary, performance on a number of cognitive indicators is better (depending on the genre of the preferred game). If you combine these two groups, everything averages out. In the future, it is necessary to distinguish between those who simply play more and those who have an addiction.

In the comments, data from this study on specific games, such as Minecraft and Sims.

Like if you don't have an addiction, but are simply developing your cognitive abilities!

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