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Competitive Video Gaming Can Sync Player’s Brains

September 7, 2016 by Merv Mandelbaum

Perhaps gaming isn’t so impersonal at all; researchers have found that gamers can share emotional responses and brain activity while competing against each other. In a study published in PLOS One, researchers from Germany had a group of gamers play Hedgewars, a game where two teams of hedgehogs attempt to … Read More

What Your Video Game Flow Rate Says About You

March 5, 2015 by Merv Mandelbaum

Setting up ioquake3 at the NYCR Lan Party.

We know they can be addictive, we know they can be immersive, but can video games really increase your aggression? Well, not if you’re good at them. A study published in Computers and Human Behaviour has found that when a game is going well, you’re more focused on the steps … Read More