Gaming Improves Social Skills

Yes, finally!  I have an excuse for those long hours I spend in front of my computer play– Er, I mean, socializing.

“New research by Eryn Grant, a Ph.D. student at Queensland University, says the virtual reality game, Second Life, boosts people’s ability to socially interact. The game, according to Grant, improves social connections between complete strangers by making it easier for people to find common interests. Rather than limiting communication, as some may have expected, interactions in a virtual environment are the result of having tools that require the ability to communicate in real-life, such as textual chat features.” -Sam Barret

Read More

Tags:

About OsamaBinLlama