Colleges' Latest Thrust in Learning: Video Games

"Around the country, pockets of faculty have been adding games to their courses as a way to stimulate learning."

Research: Video Games Help With Creativity in Boys and Girls

"That finding, thought to be the first demonstration of a relationship between technology use and creativity, comes from a new study of nearly 500 12-year-olds in Michigan, conducted by researchers at Michigan State University's Children and Technology Project."

Video-Game Rooms Become the Newest Library Space Invaders

"As the study of video games becomes more widespread in academe, a handful of libraries have video-game collections and gaming facilities to support related scholarship."

TV and Video Games Lead to Attention Problems

"Numerous studies have documented the negative effects of television exposure at a young age; TV viewing has been linked to behavioral and attention problems later in life. Now researchers confirm the same effect of video games on attention problems in both younger children and teens."

Violent Video Games = Aggressive Kids

"A U.S. researcher says his analysis of 130 studies involving 130,000 subjects worldwide proves violent video games lead to more aggressive, less caring kids."

Study Links Size of Brain Structures, Video Game Prowess

"A University of Illinois study published in the journal Cerebral Cortex suggests researchers can predict how well a player will perform in a video game by measuring the volumes of three structures in their brain."