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Certain studies have shown that video games can be used to improve various eye conditions. An investigation into the effect of action gaming on spatial distribution of attention was conducted and revealed that gamers exhibited an enhancement with attention resources compared to non-gamers, not only in the periphery but also in central vision. [27]
A survey conducted in 2019 of 214 scholars shown that 60.8% agreed that pathological video game use could be a mental health problems, whereas 30.4% were skeptical. [108] However, only 49.7% agreed with the DSM-5 definition of Internet gaming disorder, and 56.5% to the definition of the World Health Organization. [108]
The study concluded that "virtual gaming may allow players to express themselves in ways they might not feel comfortable doing in real life because of their appearance, gender, sexuality, and/or age". This study is one of several that Griffiths has conducted on the topic of how video games affect social interactions.
A run on consoles during the pandemic allowed researchers to test whether gaming causes changes in the mental well-being of players.
The gaming market has surpassed sports and movies combined. Here's how games are playing a key role in our well-being in a post-pandemic world.
A 2009 study suggested that brain structural changes were present in those classified by the researchers as Internet addicted, similar to those classified as chemically addicted. [29] In one study, the researchers selected seventeen subjects with online gaming addiction and another seventeen naive internet users who rarely used the internet.
Internet addiction increases the risk of many negative social and health outcomes, including poor academic performance, harmful personality effects, anxiety and depression. [ 17 ] The best-documented evidence of Internet addiction so far is time-disruption, which subsequently results in interference with regular social life, including academic ...
"Fear of missing out" can lead to psychological stress at the idea of missing posted content by others while offline. The relationships between digital media use and mental health have been investigated by various researchers—predominantly psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and medical experts—especially since the mid-1990s, after the growth of the World Wide Web and rise of ...