A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests not only the players Pokémon will go more, they are happy people.

If the popular mobile game was released in July last year to study researchers from the countries immediately their impact on millions of users who use the sidewalks and parks virtual Pokémon could pursue creatures "capture" and the fight in the trial of another.

While most of the research so far focused on increasing the activity levels of Pokémon Go users, media researcher at the UW-Madison studied the psychological effects of augmented reality game.

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His work recently published in the journal Media Psychology suggests Pokémon Go users are rather positive, friendly and be physically active -. Or at least they were in the first weeks of the game user researchers do not follow through time.

The results are based on a survey of about 400 people three weeks after the game was released. The UW-Madison researchers have wondered about the life and activity before Pokémon Go emotional and social respondents.

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seem to be more than 40% of respondents practice the players Pokémon Go, you were more likely to -. Brisk walking, at least - experience and more positive emotions and nostalgia, the researchers said.

Alex James Bond, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the study of educational media, connected those who play the game to assess their impact. Other researchers involved in this study, employees doctoral Alanna Pebbles graduate student Irene Sarmiento and professor of communication Kunst Marie-Louise Mares.

"There was a lot of bad press about the raid, and scattered people in the trees flow or in the street," Bono said in a university news release. "But people really enjoy have seen together outdoors also a good time. "

Go Pokémon creator Niantic now claims 65 million regular users and more than 650 million downloads of applications.

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