Over the past decade, countless studies have arisen supposedly proving a causal link between video games, violent behaviour and depression. A new study conducted by Christopher J. Ferguson pinpoints why all of the others may have gotten it wrong.
While more mainstream video games are under fire for causing depression, a new study at East Carolina University finds that playing casual puzzle games is an effective way to combat clinical depression and anxiety. Guess who underwrote the study?
In a survey that’s sure to be taken the wrong way by somebody, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have discovered links between “problematic gaming” and negative health behaviours like smoking, doing drugs and fighting. But first, good news!