Video games used to be known as child's play. But now, more and more adults are getting hooked, sacrificing their jobs, families and friends and spending all their time online. That addiction can ...

Furthermore, if an addiction is defined as a self-destructive obsession over which an individual seems to lack control, then video games and smart phones do indeed “make” some people play them ...

Responding to my recent columns on video games and smartphones, a reader asks what the problem is, thus proving that these devices can and do cause serious harm to one’s cognitive hardware. He ...

The analogy of “videogame addiction” to gambling addiction is misleading.

The science around gaming addiction is still far from settled, but by concentrating on time spent gaming we risk overlooking its more worrying aspects, such as loot boxes ...

Video game addiction is a growing phenomenon that experts predict affects millions of adults Research shows the average video game enthusiast is a 35-year-old man Medical experts say video game ...

Video-game addiction causes change in mood, conflict, behavioral problems, and, more tellingly, the same phenomena seen in drug addiction (tolerance and withdrawal symptoms).

Video game addiction essentially is where the brain gets hijacked by the video game and their reward system and it turns it into a loop system so they're constantly craving that reward.

At an addiction treatment center in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, teenagers and young adults begin detox by admitting they are powerless over their addiction. But these addicts aren't hooked on ...

New research indicates that escapism, social interaction and rewards fuel problematic video-game use among "very casual" to "hardcore" adult gamers. Understanding individual motives that ...

Video-game addiction: fact or fantasy? I am a Warcraft widow, an affectionate term given to those who have "lost" a partner to World of Warcraft (WoW) as a result of excessive game playing.

According to the AARP study, among the popular video games for adults 50 years and older are puzzles and logic games.