< < Playing computer games helps to improve children's literacy and offers benefits to their overall wellbeing, a study has found.A survey of 4,626 young people aged 11 to 16 in the UK found the games offer a route into reading and encourage creativity through writing, according to the research by the National Literacy Trust.

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 Playing computer games helps to improve children's literacy and offers benefits to their overall wellbeing, a study has found.

A survey of 4,626 young people aged 11 to 16 in the UK found the games offer a route into reading and encourage creativity through writing, according to the research by the National Literacy Trust.