Coming off a 2011 holiday season that witnessed consumers purchasing tablets at a torrid pace, the recent exponential growth in sales promises to spur the consumption of games, which numerous studies indicate are the number one activity on tablet devices.
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Sure, you've probably seen countless scientific studies involving video games -- but have you have you ever wondered what your brain actually looked like while your playing video games?
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Venables: Your press statement on Dec. 19 appears to suggest there is already a link between video games and aggression, when academic studies have not demonstrated any causal connection with solid, scientific data.
That includes one of his recommendations that call for studies into the links between violent video games and violent behavior.
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And several studies purport to show that playing violent video games raises aggression levels.
Dr Miller has conducted studies on the effects of brain-training games on learning.
Many studies have linked violence in TV shows and video games to violent behavior.
Simons suggest that methodological problems call earlier studies into question, and leave the relationship between games and cognition unclear.
Do you believe current scientific studies have conclusively proven a causal link between video games and aggression in children?
Not only are these games boring, they also seem to ignore the plethora of studies that have shown that over reliance on extrinsic motivations in learning can have negative long-term effects.
It also allows for studies on the effects of movies, television and video games on children.
Founded in 2002 and celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2012, the firm conducts syndicated and custom research studies on Chinese gamers, Southeast Asian gamers, online games, offline games, consoles, handhelds, regulatory issues, piracy, development, online operators, distribution, and retail.
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Despite findings in recent research studies that conclusively refute the causal link between violence in video games and aggression in children, the speculation about such a causal link continues in the political sphere.
But studies have shown mixed performance in the run-up to the Games, but interestingly, all recent Olympic hosts have outperformed the MSCI World index in the 12 months following the Olympics.
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"We can see a shift in the bidding to countries and to cities that can afford these Games, " said Janice Forsyth, director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies at the University of Western Ontario.
Some brain-imaging studies suggest that people who regularly use the Internet become more skillful in tracking down data and some video games appear to help players improve visual acuity.
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