Desire to conquer easy game addiction

The passion of men's video games stems from their desire to conquer deep in the subconscious.

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Stanford University scientists (USA) conduct resonance imaging from the brain of a group of volunteers including men and women while they play a game. It is a game where volunteers have to invade lands on the screen.

After analyzing the screening data, the team found the gaming action activated 'mesocorticolimbic center', the brain region that controls feelings of satisfaction and passion. However, the level of stimulation in men 's brain is much higher than that of women. The more conquered territory is, the higher the level of stimulation in the male brain. This does not happen in women.

Professor Allan Reiss, the leader of the research team, said the female volunteers who participated in the experiment proved to be quite knowledgeable about the game, but their desire to win was not as intense as that of male volunteers.

'Sex-related differences explain why men are more addicted to video games than women. I think that the instinct to conquer men is stronger than women '. Even an ordinary person can see that the most feared dictators and conquerors in history are men.

Meanwhile, most of the games that the men love are related to violence and territorial invasion, Allan added.