Beyond the beat-em-up: video games are good for young people

There’s an emerging body of research focusing on the potential positive influences of video games. – Rebecca Pollard

Research and media attention has usually focused on possible negative impacts of video games. But a clear case to support such links is yet to emerge and even people who argue that video games have a negative impact acknowledge that any such effect size is relatively small.

Now, there’s an emerging body of research focusing on the potential positive influences of video games.

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