When not [URL=http://gamepolitics.com/2010/07/09/pay-attention-researchers-debunk-game-link-concentration-study]deflating the findings[/URL] of game-hating researchers, Texas A&M International University Associate Professor Christopher Ferguson often conducts his own studies, including a recent example which indicates that violent videogame players handle stress better than non-players and can actually feel less depressed and stressful following a session with aggressive games.

The Hitman Study: Violent Video Game Exposure Effects on Aggressive Behavior, Hostile Feeling and Depression ([URL=http://www.tamiu.edu/newsinfo/7-08-10/article5.shtml]press release[/URL]) was authored by Ferguson and his fellow TAMIU colleague Stephanie Rueda. The study included 103 students from a “Hispanic-serving public university” in the Southern U.S. 62 were male and 41 were female, with 98 Hispanics, three Caucasian and two who declined to answer.
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