A new study suggests that video games are highly addictive, as the game addicts more than half of the same features as the passion for gambling.

Researchers at Iowa State University and National Institute on Media and the Family, studied 1178 American children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years, and found that the dependence of the players have played video games 24 hours a week, two times more than casual gamers .

Some gamers have shown similar symptoms for people suffering from dependence on gambling, including:

* Lying to family and friends about how much they play in the game
* The use of games to avoid their problems
* Becoming restless or irritable when they have ceased to play

On a positive note, if children from 8 to 18 spend so much time in the game, and then There are great opportunities to make the game more than the education or training to make the game more interesting.

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