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Video Games and Mental Health

Video games are a gigantic industry, but the academic research into mental health is still a work in progress. Previous studies have been limited by having game or self report playing time which isn't really all that accurate and can cause other issues. The study only looked at two titles, plants versus ombe's ba for neghborville, an animal crossing new horizons. Looking at about 32 hundred players across two weeks, the researchers found a small positive relation between game play and effective well being.

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