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Men enjoy computer games 'because of basic urge to conquer'
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1-11-2009 12:19 PM
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The more opponents they vanquish and points they score, the more stimulated this region becomes.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3965269/Men-enjoy-computer-games-because-of-basic-urge-to-conquer.html"><P>In contrast, these parts of women's brains are much less likely to be triggered by sessions on the Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Wii or Xbox. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3965269/Men-enjoy-computer-games-because-of-basic-urge-to-conquer.html"><P>Professor Allan Reiss of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research at Stanford University, California, who led the research, said that women understood computer games just as well as men but did not have the same neurological drive to win.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3965269/Men-enjoy-computer-games-because-of-basic-urge-to-conquer.html"><P>"These gender differences may help explain why males are more attracted to, and more likely to become 'hooked' on video games than females," he said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3965269/Men-enjoy-computer-games-because-of-basic-urge-to-conquer.html"><P>"I think it's fair to say that males tend to be more intrinsically territorial. 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