Health
Can video games help you level up your health?
You might assume that portraying video games as bad for your health would be as easy as shooting ducks on an old Nintendo.
Oct 29, 2020
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Pediatrics
Cut chores and kill chill time: new advice to boost children's academic achievement
Determining a child's best daily balance of sleep, activity and relaxation can be a challenge, but if you're hoping to improve their academic results, then it's time to cut back on chores and chill time, according to new ...
Oct 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers expose the limitations of digital technologies in commemorating COVID-19 victims
As COVID-19 surpasses the milestone of more than 1 million deaths globally, many families continue to grapple with the brutal reality of saying goodbye to dying loved ones over the phone or via an iPad. Two University of ...
Oct 7, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Young people who game with friends build stronger ties
Games can play an important role in dealing with loneliness among adolescents. By playing video games together, they can build deeper friendships. This was shown in research done by behavioral psychologist Geert Verheijen, ...
Oct 6, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Screen time can change visual perception—and that's not necessarily bad
The coronavirus pandemic has shifted many of our interactions online, with Zoom video calls replacing in-person classes, work meetings, conferences and other events. Will all that screen time damage our vision?
Sep 30, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Playing video games as a child can improve working memory years later: study
A number of studies have shown how playing video games can lead to structural changes in the brain, including increasing the size of some regions, or to functional changes, such as activating the areas responsible for attention ...
Sep 22, 2020
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Pediatrics
2 hours of TV a day in late childhood linked to lower test scores later
Children aged eight and nine who watched more than two hours of TV a day or spent more than one hour a day on a computer had lower scores than their peers on reading and numeracy at ages 10 and 11, our study has found.
Sep 3, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Video games affect your moral development but only until you're 18
Young people have probably spent much more of their time than usual playing video games over the last few months thanks to the coronvirus pandemic. One report from telecoms firm Verizon said online gaming use went up 75% ...
Aug 11, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The very serious science behind the power of play
Could play be critical to our healthy development as children and continued emotional wellbeing as adults?
Jul 30, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Links between video games and gambling run deeper than previously thought, study reveals
A range of video game practices have potentially dangerous links to problem gambling, a study has revealed.
Jul 14, 2020
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