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1.30.2006

Study: Playing Certain Games Reduce Pain

This article in Gamasutra discusses a study by researchers at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia showing that certain types of video games, namely sports and fighting titles, can do a lot to distract players from feeling pain. The study, called Effects of Video Game Play Types on Pain Threshold and Tolerance, will be presented at the 2006 Undergraduate Research Day in Charleston, West Virginia.
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