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Article: VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ATTRACTION.(professor John Sherry believes that video games can teach problem-solving and logic)(Brief Article)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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A professor sits at his office computer, zapping aliens as he manipulates a character through the levels of a spaceship. This isn't play, though; it is work. John Sherry, assistant professor of communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., is designing a research study to test his theory that kids are attracted to video games not so much by the violence, but because they present puzzles or problems to solve.
"Video games teach logic, hypothesis testing, and problem-solving. Granted, as a teenager, I can recall some fascination with violent images, but that may not be the major attraction of these games for most kids." Nevertheless, Sherry won't let his ...