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Video games activate reward regions of brain in men more than women, Stanford study finds
02-04-2008 · EurekAlert!In a first-of-its-kind imaging study, the Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have shown that the part of the brain that generates rewarding feelings is more activated in men than women during video-game play.
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