Pete Etchells

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Pete is a Senior Lecturer in Biological Psychology at Bath Spa University and the science blog network coordinator for the Guardian. His research interests lie in understanding the behavioural effects of playing video games, and whether there is an association between video game content and negative behavioural outcomes. Find him on twitter @peteetchells

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Associations between video game use, academic performance and mental health issues in European primary school children

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Pete Etchells posts his debut Mental Elf blog on a recent study, which explored whether video games were associated with mental illness, cognition or social skills in young children.

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