A cross-sectional survey of over 4,000 high school students appeared to show a split in how playing videogames might impact boys versus girls.

Led by Yale’s Rani Desai, PhD, the research anonymously surveyed 4,028 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18, asking participants about their videogame playing habits as well as “any problems with gaming and other health behaviors,” according to a summation [URL=http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/GeneralPediatrics/23348]on MedPage Today[/URL].

51.2 percent of those surveyed indicated that they played at least one videogame per week. Broken down by gender, that figure was 76.3 percent for boys and 29.2 percent for girls.
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