Brain waves reveal video game aptitude
Scientists report that they can predict who will improve most on an unfamiliar video game by looking at their brain waves.
Neuroscience
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Can your body sense future events without any external clue?
Wouldn't it be amazing if our bodies prepared us for future events that could be very important to us, even if there's no clue about what those events will be?
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Gaming before bed negatively impacts teens' sleep, research finds
(Medical Xpress)—Teenagers should steer clear of prolonged video gaming if they want a good night's sleep, new research from Flinders University shows.
Health
Oct 18, 2012 |
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Specially developed Wii games can help prevent falls
New research, launched today and funded by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI), shows that playing video games can help older people improve their balance and make them less ...
Health
Oct 10, 2012 |
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New, easy test for age-related macular degeneration
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists from Australia's Vision Centre have demonstrated a quick, accurate test under lights for one of the world's leading causes of blindness.
Ophthalmology
Oct 09, 2012 |
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New study uses video cards to bring effective, inexpensive supercomputing to hospitals for safer CT scans
Video gamers are generally the biggest consumers of computer graphics cards, using the devices to boost the speed and resolution of their digital quests to fend off invading extraterrestrials or outwit hostile ...
Medical research
Sep 25, 2012 |
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Study links active video gaming with higher energy expenditure in children
Compared with rest and sedentary video game play, active video gaming with dancing and boxing were associated with increased heart rate, oxygen uptake and energy expenditure in a study of 18 school children in England, according ...
Pediatrics
Sep 24, 2012 |
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Video games help patients and health care providers
(Medical Xpress)—Can video games help patients with cancer, diabetes, asthma, depression, autism and Parkinson's disease? A new publication by researchers from the University of Utah, appearing in the Sept ...
Medical research
Sep 20, 2012 |
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Risk-glorifying video games may lead teens to drive recklessly, new research shows
Teens who play mature-rated, risk-glorifying video games may be more likely than those who don't to become reckless drivers who experience increases in automobile accidents, police stops and willingness to drink and drive, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Gambling addiction—working to understand
Odds are that you imagine gamblers as people simply trying to get lucky and win a big payoff. But when Natasha Schull, an associate professor in MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS), began ...
Addiction
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Video shows the traffic inside a brain cell
Using bioluminescent proteins from a jellyfish, a team of scientists has lit up the inside of a neuron, capturing spectacular video footage that shows the movement of proteins throughout the cell.
Neuroscience
Aug 22, 2012 |
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'Exergames' not perfect, but can lead to more exercise
Active video games, also known as "exergames," are not the perfect solution to the nation's sedentary ways, but they can play a role in getting some people to be more active.
Health
Aug 08, 2012 |
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All eyes on new writing device for the disabled
A French researcher has built a device allowing disabled people to write or draw on a computer screen using only their eyes, a report said Thursday.
Medical research
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Red potato chips: Segmentation cues can substantially decrease food intake
To test the effect of food segmentation, 98 college students were given tubes of stacked potato chips to munch on while watching a movie in class. Red-colored potato chips had been inserted at regular intervals into some ...
Health
Jul 24, 2012 |
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Kids who play interactive video games have better motor skills
(Medical Xpress) -- Deakin University health researchers have found pre-schoolers who play interactive video games, such as Wii, have better motor skills.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 24, 2012 |
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