Mind Games #6: Video Games and ADHD Gaming is an interactive experience. We play games -- but at the same time, games play us. In this column, psychologist Nicholaus Noles explores how video games manipulate our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, all in the name of fun. Pay Attention! In a recent piece published here on GameSpy , writer Evan Hoovler -- who has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -- discussed how video games taught him skills that improved his life. At the end of the piece, our own resident commenter, Spy Guy, asked, "What do you think about scientific studies linking ADHD to video games? Are these brainiacs on the right track, or do they really have it all backwards?" Well, when Spy Guy asks a question about psychology, I feel that it's my job to give him an answer. ADHD is characterized by inattention and impulsiveness. Although people with ADHD are sometimes st...
