Researchers find that open-world games reduce stress and help you relax
Perhaps in the future, video games will be used as a therapy for anxiety.
Open world video games promote relaxation and reduce stress. The long-term effect of this property of games may be used in the future for anxiety therapy.
These results were reached by researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Graz, Austria. The sample included 609 people with whom they conducted 32 in-depth interviews assessing the potential of video games for cognitive escapism, relaxation and mood enhancement.
“Research shows that open-world games provide significant benefits in terms of cognitive escapism, significantly improving the relaxation and well-being of graduate students. The immersive and autonomous nature of these games plays a critical role in…
