Katherine Brice
Deputy Editor, GamesIndustry.biz

30/09/2009 @ 09:14

Research shows gamers are more aggressive to strangers

Research has shown the testosterone levels of gamers playing competitive games increase when they beat a stranger, but decrease when they beat a friend; a finding which suggests that games can produce the same biological effect as real warfare.

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