Neuroscience
Think brain games make you smarter? Think again, researchers say
Be skeptical of ads declaring you can rev up your brain's performance by challenging it with products from the growing brain-training industry.
Apr 17, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Playing to beat the blues: Video games viable treatment for depression
Video games and "brain training" applications are increasingly touted as an effective treatment for depression. A new UC Davis study carries it a step further, though, finding that when the video game users were messaged ...
Mar 27, 2017
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Health
Video-based learning game may help make cycling safer for kids
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with the University of Helsinki has developed a video-based learning game that might make bike riding safer for everyone, but particularly so for children. In their paper published ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Empathy from the sick may be critical to halting disease outbreaks
A little empathy can go a long way toward ending infectious disease outbreaks.
Mar 16, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Game your brain to treat depression, studies suggest
Researchers have found promising results for treating depression with a video game interface that targets underlying cognitive issues associated with depression rather than just managing the symptoms.
Jan 4, 2017
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Neuroscience
Mobile game designed to help better understand dementia on a massive scale
(Medical Xpress)—A mobile phone app called Sea Hero Quest designed by researchers at Alzheimer's Research UK, Deutsche Telekom, University College London, the University of East Anglia and game designer Glitchers has reportedly ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Emergency situations amplify individual tendencies to behave egoistically or prosocially
In emergency situations do people think solely of themselves? In a study published in Scientific Reports, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have shown that readiness to help depends heavily on ...
Sep 29, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Testosterone found to increase both social and antisocial behavior in men
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with members from Europe and the U.S. has found increased levels of testosterone can cause a man to engage in both social and antisocial behaviors. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Neuroimaging study: Building blocks activate spatial ability in children better than board games
Research from Indiana University has found that structured block-building games improve spatial abilities in children to a greater degree than board games.
Sep 13, 2016
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Study suggests a large percentage of people facing a social conflict are motivated by competition
A team of researchers with members from several institutions in Spain and Italy has found via experiments with volunteers that a large percentage of people faced with social conflict are motivated by competition. In their ...
