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Understanding Video Game Play and Mental Health

This project will collect and share detailed behavioural game data donated by players to help us understand how the quality and quantity of online play shapes human motivation and mental health.

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The Association between Video Game Play and Cognition

This project studies video game play's association to cognition using novel methods that improve upon existing literature by studying gaming in its natural context, using actual game play data.

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How Much is Too Much? Leveraging Existing and Emerging Large-Scale Social Data to Build Robust Evidence-Based Policy for Children in the Digital Age

This project will capitalize on ESRC data resources to build a more nuanced and transparent empirical understanding of the impacts of digital technologies on young people.

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Related News

No evidence linking Facebook adoption and negative well-being: Oxford study

9 August 2023

The largest independent scientific study ever conducted investigating the spread of Facebook across the globe found no evidence that the social media platform’s worldwide penetration is linked to widespread psychological harm.

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New £4 million Digital Good Network aims to ensure technologies are good for societies

3 November 2022

University of Oxford has joined a new £4 million research network, the Digital Good Network (DGN), to explore how to ensure that digital tech is a for good in society and the economy.

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Online engagement with arts and culture can have a positive impact on mental health in young people, finds new Oxford study

21 September 2022

A new study finds that engaging with arts and culture online can improve mental health in young people.

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‘Meta must do better’ Global experts call for Zuckerberg to act on adolescent wellbeing 

5 December 2021

Academics from around the world urge Mark Zuckerberg to commit to better research on the mental health of children and adolescents in an open letter.

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Press Coverage

PowerWash Simulator and the rise of wholesome video games

The Times, 11 September 2023

Professor Andy Przybylski spoke to the Times about the rise in popularity of non-violent video games.

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Facebook: Meta-owned site might benefit mental health, says Oxford study

Yahoo!, 09 August 2023

There is no evidence to suggest using Facebook is linked to widespread psychological harm, an Oxford Internet Institute (OII) study suggests.

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One to One with Professor Andy Przybylski

BBC Radio 4, 21 February 2023

Ellie Gibson and Professor Andrew Przybylski talk about psychology and gaming.

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