Boys and Video Games: A Natural Attraction?

Boys and men have more activity in the mesocorticolimbic center, the region of the brain associated with reward and addiction, than girls and women.
Any doubts the public has about the seriousness of video game addiction should be put to rest. The landscape of gaming has evolved enormously over the decades, but alarm bells have been ringing for almost as long. Take this headline from The Telegraph of the United Kingdom, for instance

Kids who play video games are smarter: study

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Children who play more video games show greater gains in intelligence over time, study finds