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Study shows gamers don’t read good, and don’t learn other stuff good too

July 03rd, 2007 | Category: Gaming Technology

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A brand new US study in the vein of “wasn’t that already completely obvious?” has revealed that boys and girls who play video games on school days do less homework and reading than those straight edge kids who swear off the stuff altogether. Boys average 30 percent less time spent studying, while girls drop off 34 percent. The good news is that video games didn’t negatively impact quality family time or get in the way of sports and other such activities. Is that so? Apparently WoW players were not represented in this poll, most likely because they couldn’t be bothered to put that raid on hold to answer a few questions. Speaking of… we’ll be right back… after we do something very important and serious.

 

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