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Body and Brains of Gamers Probed

Posted by michael on from the this-won't-hurt-a-bit dept.

ElvenMonkey writes "The BBC News is reporting about researchers at the University of Hull who are performing what they call the first scientific research into what actually happens when you play computer games, using a method called 'mood testing' (previously used on athletes.) Hardly surprisingly results so far show that we don't like losing, and that gaming puts you into an altered state. I can see it now.. computer games, the next designer drug."

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  1. so.... by thegoogler · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    are they going to test why people can drink red bull without barfing?

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  3. Re:The best body... by thegoogler · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dumbest, most off-topic post ever?(i mean his)

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