A new way of studying video gaming and its health impacts

The World

A University of Oxford study suggests that video gaming, contrary to popular belief, may actually have a positive impact on a person’s wellbeing. But what’s more interesting is the approach they took to get there — by studying video gaming in a more rigorous, data-driven way. Host Marco Werman speaks to Andrew Przybylski, the director of research at the Oxford Internet Institute.

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