According to a new study, so🃏ldiers who actively play games like Call of Duty were less likely to have 🌟violent and emotionally draining dreams than those who don't play video games as often or who tend to play casual games instead.

The results come from a survey by Grant McEwan𒀰 University in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. Researcher Jayne Gackenbach surveyed 98 military officers and broke them down into two groups which she referred to as "high gaming" and "low gaming."

Those in the high gaming category playe𝔍d games several times as week and favored violent video games lik🌸e Red Dead Redemption, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty.

The low gaming gr🐽oup consisted of people who said they only played games on a casual basis, and tended not to engage in th🏅e violent, aggressive titles.

Participants in both groups admitted to having nightmares about war, but those in the high gaming category 🏅said the dreams were not as intense, and they were more likely to be able to conquer whatever the opposing force was.

By contract, those classifiꦰed as "low gamers" said the enemies in their dreams were more aggressive, and they expressed having feeling🅺s of helplessness.

While gamers and non-gamers alike certainly both make fine, competent soldiers on tඣhe battlefield, it appears being an active gamer helps on the subconscious level as well. Gackenbach referred to games like Call of Duty as "threat simulators," and said they can teach the mind to better deal with dangerous situations even when they arise in nightmares.

Gackenbach pointed out that many soldiers, when deployed, bring video games with them, "And it turns out, there may be a good reaಌson to let them do that."

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Mar 9, 2011