Ninety-seven percent of all adolescents in the US play video games, & more than half of the adults in this country play video games regardless of their race or income. The military has...
Tag: psychology
PAX East 2013 – Mental Health and Video Games – Science vs Stigma
The average age of a today’s gamer is 34, yet most of the research available that has studied the interaction between video games and mental health focuses on children. This panel will address the...
PAX East 2013 – Violence, Video Games, and Children: The Scientific Controversy
After any school shooting, act of mass violence, or release of a major video game, the media becomes abuzz with themes of “Video Games Kill People!” Join Dr. Tyler R. Black, a Child...
PAX Prime 2012 – Parenting and Video Games: The Psychiatric Perspective
Kids playing video games? We’re at a point of saturation - a 2010 (that’s 2 years ago, for those counting) Pew Internet & American Life poll showed that 99% of boys and 94% of girls play...
PAX Prime 2012 – “Just One More Game…” – Science and Controversy on Internet and Gaming Addiction
Most gamers have played a game that “hooked them,” but there is a subset of people who play games to their own detriment. Join Dr. Tyler Black, a psychiatrist at BC Children’s Hospital, as he...