Teens compete in a video game tournament at the Portland Public Library in Maine in 2018. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this ...

Neuroscientists have investigated whether playing violent video games leads to a reduction in human empathy. To do this, they had adult test subjects play a violent video game repeatedly over the ...

Typical video game players are employed full time, using games as just one of their leisure activities. In fact, adult players (18 and up) are more likely to be employed full-time (39%) or to have ...

As video games mature, recurring design conventions become widespread across titles and studios, ultimately cementing themselves as universal game language. Spikes hurt you, hearts heal you, and coins ...

This month, I picked up a concerned parent from the waiting room. I walked her to my office and asked how I could help. “My 10-year-old son can’t focus on anything. I think it’s because of the video ...