Medical News Today highlights a new Dartmouth study led by that focuses on how playing a game affects people鈥檚 attitudes. The study was published in Games for Health Journal in April.
鈥淪ales of games have been steadily increasing for several years,鈥� says Flanagan, the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities and the director of the . 鈥漇o economically, we have measured their impact, and now it鈥檚 time to measure their ability to change behaviors and attitudes.鈥�
The researchers found that after playing the role-playing game, RePlay Health鈥揹eveloped by Tiltfactor in collaboration with and The Rippel Foundation鈥攑layers attitudes about public health issues became more accepting and understanding, the article notes.
, published 5/16/15 by Medical News Today.
