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Large-scale UK study says there’s no causation between game playing and behavioral problems

Posted on November 18, 2013 by (@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News

The following details are from a study conducted in the United Kingdom of 11,000 kids as young as five years old by the University of Glasgow:

– Exposure to video games had no effect on behavior, attention or emotional issues.
– Watching 3 or more hours of television at age 5 did lead to a small increase in behavioral problems in youngsters between 5 and 7.
– Neither television nor video games lead to attentional or emotional problems.
– There was no difference between boys and girls in the survey results.

Via Games and Learning

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