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We've been hard at work expanding Steam's Events and Announcements system to enable integrated, eye-catching communications with your players. In the course of developing, launching, updating, and ope...

There are many reasons to set limits on your child’s screen time: To encourage outdoor play and healthy activity, to foster healthy sleep habits, and to promote in-person social relationships. Eye he...

The following is a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how gaming impacts a child's nervous system. Source: Romolo Tavani/FotoliaOn the eve of his big sister Liz’s high school graduation, nine-year-old Aiden...

Getty ImagesNew research highlights some of the benefits of children gamingVideo games often get a bit of bad rap.You may have heard about gaming addictions and dodgy in-game purchases, but some new r...

Bottom Line: This randomized clinical trial in a university laboratory examined the effects of video games with weapons on children's behavior when they found a real gun. Pairs of children (ages 8 to...

WASHINGTON — Playing video games, including violent shooter games, may boost children’s learning, health and social skills, according to a review of research on the positive effects of video game play...

cortices of dependent gamers that parallel those recorded in alcoholics and individu-als addicted to other substances of abuse. It should be noted that addiction-related distortions in reward systems...

Playing first-person shooter video games causes some users to lose grey matter in a part of their brain associated with the memory of past events and experiences, a new study by two Montreal researche...

A lot of children in the Philippines and worldwide are crazy about video game play (VGP). Some parents even encourage it with the belief that it can increase their children’s dexterity and could even...

Studies investigating how playing video games can affect the brain have shown that they can cause changes in many brain regionsScientists have collected and summarized studies looking at how video gam...

Scientists have collected and summarized studies looking at how video games can shape our brains and behavior. Research to date suggests that playing video games can change the brain regions responsib...

mustafahacalaki/Getty Imagesmustafahacalaki/Getty ImagesPeople who played action video games that involve first-person shooters, such as Call of Duty and Medal of Honor, experienced shrinkage in a bra...

Summary: A new study reveals how playing video games not only changes how our brain functions, but also the structure of the brain.Source: Frontiers.Studies investigating how playing video games can a...

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Introduction The adverse effect of violent video games has been a highly politicized issue. There is a continuing concern that these games may make the players more aggressive in reality. However, li...