Who gets more of a charge from video games: guys or girls?
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN chief medical correspondent: Guys do. Stanford University School of Medicine researchers — in a small but provocative study — say they’ve shown that the part of the brain that generates rewarding feelings is more activated in men than women when they’re playing video games. This may help explain what research has shown: Males are three times more likely to get addicted to video games than females. How did the study work? Researchers designed this video game with a specific “gain-loss” component, which is a fancy way of saying that players have to nuke the red dot before it gets too close to the wall. If you nuke the dot, you gain territory; the space on the left gets bigger. That’s the mission. If the ball hits the line before you nuke it, you lose territory. Researchers didn’t explain this goal to the players. They wanted their natural instincts to take over. Many would argue men, by nature, are more territorial. What does the study show about the brains of men
