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Study: Video Game Addiction Similar to Aspergers
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http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/study-video-game-addiction-similar-to-aspergers/?biz=1
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At the ongoing British Psychological Society's Annual Conference in Dublin this week new research is being presented on the effects of computer game addiction. According to Dr. John Charlton of the University of Bolton and Ian Danforth of Whitman College, USA, gamers who appear to be addicted to playing computer/video games show some of the same personality traits as people with Aspergers syndrome (a variety of high functioning autism).
For the study, 391 computer game players (86 percent male) were questioned. The researchers looked at relationships between addiction, "high engagement" and personality. "They found that the closer the players got to addiction the more likely they were to display negative personality traits. And that as players showed more signs of addiction they were increasingly characterized by three personality traits that would normally be associated with Aspergers... These were neuroticism, and lack of extraversion and agreeableness," the report stated.
Charlton and Danforth don't believe these game "addicts" are classifiable as having Aspergers syndrome but they do "share some of the same characteristics because they find it easier to empathize with computer systems than other people."
"The thinking in the field is that there is a scale along which people, even those considered to be 'normal', can be placed upon. And that people such as engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists are nearer to the non-empathizing, systemizing, end of the spectrum, with people with Aspergers syndrome even further along again," said Charlton. "Our research supports the idea that people who are heavily involved in game playing may be nearer to autistic spectrum disorders than people who have no interest in gaming."
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Didn't we already know that? o_O
Who ever paid for that study got swindled good.
Any ways, on a less sarcastic note, I suppose it makes sense. Playing video games in an addictive manner seems more akin to counting everything you see or memorizing a phone book (from a "repetitive task that brings enjoyment aspect") than the other "normal scale" activities and jobs they mention.
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I think the point is that people who are addicted to things other than video games tend to have similar character traits to each other regardless of the addiction.
But video gamer addicts don't have those traits, but instead have the similar traits to autistic folks.
That's what it seemed to point at to me. Not so much a comment on video game addiction being worse, but a comment on video game addiction being different.
Because it'll get more attention.
Lies, video games tell me that the sky is perpetually grey.
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I'm surprised there aren't more occasions of "Study finds nerds incredibly witty, delightful in bed".
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I really doubt people who are addicted to heroin or cocaine (or cigarettes) are displaying asperger traits.
I am unsurprised.
Sounds more like someone wanted their 15 minutes, so they studied a fairly well-known trend, blew the conclusion out of proportion, and hope to be published in their journal of choice.
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Or it's just a medical term for some people who are shy, etc to hide behind instead of dealing with the world/ their problems.
That said, what about people who HAVE asperger's and are addicted to videogames?!!
Bingo. The people who self-diagnose themselves with this shit are lost to me. I can't understand why you would want to have a disease just to fit in, especially one for being socially inept. It's contradictory. I want to be socially inept, just like everyone else.
Not to say that the people that do have it aren't ridiculously retarded. The millitant ones are trying to fight cures for aspergers because they think that mental retardation is the next step in evolution.
Because some people need a crutch.
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Because it's an easy excuse for their failings.
What the hell are you talking about?
My first response was, "Dicsuss what? The data say what they say..."
Personally, this is great news. Social-misfits have something to do besides just be miserable all day, and tying the less-than-social behavior of game addicted peeps to regular social misfits like mathematicians and engineers lends greater credence and legitimacy to video games.
http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=17
Why would I do this.
However, please don't try to diminish the effects of social disorders with the ramblings of a small, relatively extreme group of people.
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Yeah, that's totally not inflammatory.
Holy shit, you are just trying to start some debate about what the fuck I said, aren't you? You know what the fuck I meant.
If I misread you, then I apologize, and there's no argument to be had here.
so uh...looking at that forum....asperger is the new emo? good to know. i think.
I subscribe to this school of thought.
Their entire premise is "These things aren't problems, they're who people are. Autism/Aspergers aren't things to be "fixed", they're things for people to accept as a "new" way of life."
Or something.
It's just...this isn't true. Aspergers discussion and the rampant self-diagnosis aside, Autism is a known genetic defect that probably can be cured. What these people are saying is the equivalent to a group up and stating that since AIDS is something that is now part of society we should stop trying to "cure" it and start "accepting" those who have it and better understand their lifestyle. Or instead of AIDS which is a contracted result of a virus, how about Diabetes. It's genetic. It's due to malfunctions in the bodies normal functions. Should we just abandon all hope to "cure" diabetes and rather "learn to live with it"?
BAH, I honestly can't comprehend the line of thought that would lead to this mindset.
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What.
Aids kills you. Untreated, so does diabetes.
They are not the same as Autism.