First off a 22-person sample group isn't really all that great a number to be basing your facts and decisions on. Beyond that, however, the article's findings are pretty interesting despite its limited scope, showing that when men and women play games, apparently a different part of the male brain lights up, perhaps making it easier for men to get addicted to games. But of course women are just as likely to get addicted to games as men.

From the article:

For the study, the researchers took a group of 22 young volunteers — half men, half women — and had them play a game as an M.R.I. machine looked at what was happening in their brains. The study found that in the men, there was much more activity in the mesocorticolimbic system.

Given the abundance in video games of violence and other themes near and dear to many men, there may be a natural explanation for why their brains light up more. But the senior author of the study, Dr. Allan L. Reiss, said the researchers made a point of steering the game they used in a more neutral direction.

Read the full article over at nytimes.com

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