This study shows that video games activate reward regions of brain in men more than women. https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2008/02/video-games-activate-

This study shows that video games activate reward regions of brain in men more than women. https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2008/02/video-games-activate-reward-regions-of-brain-in-men-more-than-women-stanford-study-finds.html https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2008/02/video-games-a... "Reiss said this research also suggests that males have neural circuitry that makes them more liable than women to feel rewarded by a computer game with a territorial component and then more motivated to continue game-playing behavior. Based on this, he said, it makes sense that males are more prone to getting hooked on video games than females." I don't think this is to say women don't get rewarded or hooked--I know quite a few women hooked on games--but I could see this giving men an advantage in terms of being more easily motivated.