Noted researcher addresses multiple dimensions of video game effects in new journal article
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 08:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Douglas Gentile is painfully aware of how research on the effects of video games on kids is often oversimplified to say that games are either "good" or "bad." The associate professor of psychology at Iowa State University has had his own research typecast on the "bad" side with studies on violent video game's effects and video game addiction, even though he's also done studies demonstrating the benefits of games.