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Parenting advice: children and video games | The Vancouver Observer

vancouverobserver.com — “Howard Eaton 1 | 2 | 3 next › last page » Educator Howard Eaton was asked, "how are video games impacting my child's future? My teenager spends an average of about two hours a day playing video games, but at times has spent as much as seven hours a day.” View full resource at vancouverobserver.com

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Brain Changes in Video Gamers: Addiction or Just People Having Fun? – TIME Healthland

healthland.time.com — “A new study finds changes in brain regions associated with addiction in frequent video gaming teenagers. But the findings raise questions about whether such research is really relevant to the understanding of true addiction.” View full resource at healthland.time.com

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Keen video-gamers' brains may reward them more | Reuters

reuters.com — “LONDON (Reuters) - Teenagers who spend a lot of time on video-games have different structures and activity levels in areas of the brain that are linked to reward, scientists have found, suggesting they” View full resource at reuters.com

Most Recently Shared on November 18, 2011 at 5:37 pm By:

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Video gamers have different brain structure: is this a cause of their "addiction" or a result of it? Burning questions. http://t.co/WV410g7n

Are computer games messing with kids’ minds? - Health News - NHS Choices

nhs.uk — ““Teenage video game players have brains 'like gambling addicts'” reported the Daily Mail. Covering the same research, The Daily Telegraph warned that “children’s brains could be hardwired to spend hours playing video games”. These headlines are...” View full resource at nhs.uk

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Frequent gamers have brain differences, study finds - latimes.com

latimes.com — “Fourteen-year-olds who were frequent video gamers had more gray matter in the rewards center of the brain than peers who didn't play video games as much -- suggesting that gaming may be correlated to changes in the brain much as addictions are.” View full resource at latimes.com

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Strange Video Game Analogies - Mystery Box to Drugs - wayoverdue Blog - www.GameInformer.com

gameinformer.com — “When you're playing Black Ops zombies Being a drug addict , how many times do you use the mystery box drugs ? I sure use it to get all 3 wonder weapons or an RPK 3 different drugs, or some alchohol . But you may not realize what using the mystery” View full resource at gameinformer.com

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childhoodobesitynews.com — “If addiction must be transferred, why note replace a hyperpalatable food dependency with a less destructive video game dependency?” View full resource at childhoodobesitynews.com

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Child Obesity News: Everything You Know Is Wrong, Part 7 http://t.co/iXp0niG

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New Book Challenges Old Thinking on Video Games and Addiction - PR.com

pr.com — “New Book Challenges Old Thinking on Video Games and Addiction - on PR.com” View full resource at pr.com

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In thrall of video games, man confesses: Virtual realms crowd out real life and block escape - chicagotribune.com

chicagotribune.com — “SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — At the height of what he calls his addiction, Ryan Van Cleave would stand in the grocery store checkout line with his milk and bread and baby food for his little girls and for a split second think he was living inside a video game.” View full resource at chicagotribune.com

Most Recently Shared on August 31, 2011 at 3:29 am By:

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In thrall of video games, man confesses: Virtual realms crowd out real life and block escape - chicagotribune.com - http://t.co/gn0W18j

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In thrall of video games, man confesses: Virtual realms crowd out real life and block escape | StarTribune.com

startribune.com — “SARASOTA, Fla” View full resource at startribune.com

Most Recently Shared on August 29, 2011 at 5:22 pm By:

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Survey Says Facebook Leads to Teen Drug Use - Yahoo! News

news.yahoo.com — “Read 'Survey Says Facebook Leads to Teen Drug Use' on Yahoo! News. Video games often get blamed for violent behavior in children. But Facebook is taking its share of the blame for kid troubles. The latest survey connecting Facebook use with a negative results comes from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.” View full resource at news.yahoo.com

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Lawyer sidelined by video games | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/22/2011

philly.com — “A Carlisle, Pa., lawyer blamed an addiction to video games for the sloppy legal work that has resulted in a three-year suspension.” View full resource at philly.com

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@sljesq --> RT “@KentBottles: http://t.co/mrv5KPr PA lawyer suspended for 3 years blames video games addiction for sloppy legal work”