Stanford researchers identify brain region activated by Pokémon Characters
A Stanford research paper has been published online in the journal Nature Human Behavior and it indicates that adults who played Pokémon videogames extensively as children have a brain region that responds preferentially to images of Pikachu and other characters from the series. Many of us that p...
Pokémon GO and psychological distress, physical complaints and work performance among adult workers
A study titled: Pokémon GO and psychological distress, physical complaints, and work performance among adult workers: a retrospective cohort study was published online on September 7th, 2017 in Scientific Reports. The full study is available on Nature.com. "The study examines the effects that Pok...
Pokémon GO Study Finds Players are Happier, Friendlier / Pokémon GO Wins Multiple Awards
A study conducted by media researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison concluded that players of Pokémon GO players are happier and friendlier than non-Pokémon GO players. This is the second major study to conclude that Pokémon GO has healthy benefits for players despite the negative attent...
Playing Pokémon Go May Help People Reach 10,000 Daily Steps Goal
A study conducted by Hanzhang Xu and colleagues was posted on March 8th, 2017 which concluded that playing games like Pokémon Go help encourage exercise and help people reach the recommended daily number of steps walked. Abstract Content - Does Pokemon Go Help Players be More Active? An Evaluatio...
Influence of Pokémon Go on Physical Activity: Study and Implications
A study written by Althoff T, White RW and Horvitz E of the Computer Science Department, Stanford University and Microsoft Research was published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on December 6th, 2016. The full study is available here. A summary of the studies findings are listed below. ...
