Neuroscience
Digital puzzle games could be good for memory in older adults, study shows
Older adults who play digital puzzle games have the same memory abilities as people in their 20s, a new study has shown.
Aug 14, 2023
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News tagged with brain games
Neuroscience
Video games spark exciting new frontier in neuroscience
University of Queensland researchers have used an algorithm from a video game to gain insights into the behavior of molecules within live brain cells.
Jun 14, 2023
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Neuroscience
Smartphone games can help to detect the long-lasting effects of traumatic brain injuries
New research from the University of Hertfordshire has found that a mobile-phone game app can help identify ongoing problems with navigation—a common long-term symptom of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)—making these issues ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Neuroscience
Trained brains can rapidly suppress visual distractions
Have you ever found yourself searching for your keys or phone only to end up getting distracted by a brightly colored object that grabs your attention? This type of attentional capture by objects that stand out from their ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive performance in children
A study of nearly 2,000 children found that those who reported playing video games for three hours per day or more performed better on cognitive skills tests involving impulse control and working memory compared to children ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Neuroscience
Locating a switch to tell the brain when to learn and when to remember
The memory system alternates between periods of learning and remembering. These two functions are controlled by different neural circuits. Using an animal model, scientists from the Institut Pasteur recently identified a ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study: Video game players show enhanced brain activity, decision-making skill
Frequent players of video games show superior sensorimotor decision-making skills and enhanced activity in key regions of the brain as compared to non-players, according to a recent study by Georgia State University researchers.
Jul 11, 2022
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Medical research
A mass of human brain cells in a petri dish has been taught to play Pong
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Australia and the U.K. has taught a small mass of human brain cells to play the video game Pong. Their paper is available on the bioRxiv preprint server.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Study looks at brain flow, and how people achieve it
You are playing such an intense video game and are focused so intently on getting to the next level that you don't know what is going on around you. You have no sense of time passing. You feel great. You are "in the zone." ...
Nov 23, 2021
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Neuroscience
Scent of newborn infants blocks aggression in men, stimulates aggression in women
Parents of newborns will describe in detail, to anyone willing to listen, the wonder that is their baby's smell—and they might not be in the wrong. A new study by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science suggests ...
Nov 22, 2021
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