
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.
Matti is 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 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.
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.
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11 February 2022
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 OII MSc Thesis Prizes. Two prizes were awarded for the best theses from the MSc in Social Data Science and the MSc in Social Science of the Internet, plus four ‘Highly Commended' awards.
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.
4 May 2021
A new Oxford University study examined data from over 430,000 adolescents in the UK and US to investigate how associations between adolescents’ technology use and mental health have changed over the past 30 years.
16 November 2020
New research from Oxford University has delivered a surprising finding- time spent playing games is positively associated with wellbeing.
The Star, 11 May 2021
Smartphones, social media and TV are not likely to cause depression or suicidal tendencies, finds a new Oxford University study.
New Atlas, 09 May 2021
Over the past century there have been frequent societal concerns over the impact of novel technologies on the well-being of young people.
The Daily Guardian, 06 May 2021
‘Technology is bad for young people’s mental health’