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A revolutionary report reveals studying boosts grades - and that playing video games instead of studying leads to poorer grades at school.

A father-son team conducted the study at Berea College, a dry campus that requires class attendance, making it an ideal controlled environment for the research.

Students with gaming consoles in their dorms spent an average of one hour less studying than their peers, leading to a GPA drop of 0.24 for males and 0.13 for females.

Ultimately, the study determined that studying an hour per day leads to a "mean GPA increase of 0.36," according to Ars Technica.

A paper on the study, elaborating on the causal effect of studying on academic achievement, will be published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.