Matti was an experimental psychologist and data scientist at the Oxford Internet Institute, where he studies the psychological impacts of digital technologies.
Psychology, Wellbeing, Cognition, Applied statistics
This programme addresses the assumptions that the overall mental well-being of young people is undergoing a pronounced period of decline and that digital technologies might be driving this trend.
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.
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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30 April 2025
New Oxford study offers roadmap for understanding video games’ complex impact on wellbeing
12 March 2025
New analysis finds that the number of hours spent playing Nintendo games did not significantly affect adults’ mental well-being, life satisfaction, emotional state, or depressive symptoms.
21 January 2025
With the rapid adoption of AI by children and adolescents using digital devices to access the internet and social media, OII experts call for a clear framework for AI research considering the impact on young people and their mental health.
25 September 2024
Playing video games can be good for your mood, according to a new international study from researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, part of the University of Oxford.
BBC Radio Berkshire, 26 September 2024
Prof. Matti Vuorre discusses recent research on video games and wellbeing with host Bridgitte Tetteh on BBC Radio Berkshire (commencing at 14:15).
PC Gamer, 25 September 2024
Congrats to the PowerWash Simulator developers: How many games have been deemed fun by a team of Oxford scientists?
Insider Gaming, 25 September 2024
It’s something hundreds of millions of people already knew, but now it has been proven in a study backed by the University of Oxford.
