This article was originally published on May 20, 2015, but has been updated with recent information.
Video games are a favored target for various kinds of hand-wringing, about things as diverse as obesity, ADHD and violence. In many cases, the evidence is scant. But in others, the evidence is a bit more robust.
Read more: Probing the Complex Influence of Video Games on Young Minds
In 2015, a small study found that people who play action games on a regular basis may undergo brain changes associated with certain kinds of neurological and psychiatric disorders. And this linkage has held up under scrutiny since then, suggesting that gamers could be putting their minds at risk.
For the 2015 study, Gregory West, a professor of psychology at the University of Montreal, and a team of researchers gathered a randomized group of 59 young adults and divided them into two groups based on ...
