A recent study led by UC Riverside psychologist Kate Sweeny found that playing Tetris can help reduce anxiety and boost emotional well-being by inducing a state of flow—a focused mental state where worries fade. In the experiment, 290 students played Tetris while anxiously waiting for peer feedback.
Read More"The Other Side" is a video game developed by Columbia University game design students, focusing on themes of depression and anxiety, drawn from their personal experiences.
Read MorePopular video games have the potential to provide low-cost, easy access, effective and stigma-free support for some mental health issues, researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, have found.
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