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World of Warcraft lowers stress

September 12, 2009 in News comments 7

WoW players are the poster children for the socially inept gamers, but recent study discovered that this addictive game could actually be good for mental health.

Doctoral candidate and researcher Huon Longman, who is studying the psychological impact of the game on its players, has found relationships formed as members of teams - known as guilds in the WoW universe - help players cope better with problems in the real world.
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    Reenee Sep 12, 09
    So how do you explain raid leaders yelling at everyone?
  • 0
    conel3 Sep 12, 09
    Smokers say that about smoking too thought but it doesn't.
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    FinalFantasyFanaticc Sep 12, 09
    World of Warcraft lowers stress but shortens life expentancy.
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    Zerpent Sep 12, 09
    They forgot to add that WoW was the thing that created most of those real life problems to begin with.
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    Solid Snake 4Life Sep 12, 09
    No no FFF it goes World of Warcraft lowers stress but shortens lives expentancy.
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    RabidChinaGirl Sep 12, 09
    They cope with problems in the real world by focusing on problems in the virtual world, which in turn only create more problems in the real world that they will then go on to ignore.

    Empirical science just made research its bitch, Doc-... Oh wait, he's not actually a doctor, just a doctoral candidate? Pfft, why are we even reading this? Good luck getting that PhD, you hack.
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    Big A2* Sep 13, 09
    I'm sure it also reduces chances of other emotions, such as happiness, and love.

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