Online gaming boosts social life

Researchers at North Carolina State University, York University and the University of Ontario Institute of  Technology say that online gaming does not replace a player’s social life; instead it augments it.

Dr. Nick Taylor, the lead author of the paper said, ‘Gamers are not the anti-social basement-dwellers we see in pop culture stereotypes, they are highly social people.’ He further adds, ‘We found that gamers were often exhibiting several social behaviours at once: watching games, talking, drinking, and chatting online. Gaming did not eliminate social interaction; it rather supplemented it.’

Next time if your friend or partner is gaming, don’t think they are ignoring you- they are as much with you as with the game.

Written by: Dr. Ajay Sati.