The Psychology of Game Addiction | Rezzed Sessions | EGX Rezzed 2019

Whether it's stories about game violence, or their potential addictive nature, we regularly see articles in the news claiming that video games are bad for us. But what does the scientific research actually have to say about these issues? And what about the positive side to playing video games? Dr Pete Etchells, a lecturer in psychology at Bath Spa University, whose field of research is the behavioural effects of videogames on the human brain, joins us for a discussion of the topic. -------------------------------------- Subscribe: http://bit.ly/egx-youtube Twitter:   / egx   Facebook:   / egx   Website: https://www.egx.net/ --------------------------------------