Have smartphones created an 'anxious generation'? Social psychologist sounds the alarm
The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's new book The Anxious Generation delivers an urgent call for action.
Apr 29, 2024
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The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's new book The Anxious Generation delivers an urgent call for action.
Apr 29, 2024
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The Calm Your Farm game, created through a UNSW Sydney-led research collaboration, increases knowledge and awareness about farm safety.
Nov 27, 2023
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Time spent watching television or playing computer games has measurable and long-term effects on children's brain function, according to a review of 23 years of neuroimaging research, which—while showing negative impacts—also ...
Nov 17, 2023
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People who grew up in rural or suburban areas have better spatial navigation skills than those raised in cities, particularly cities with grid-pattern streets, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL, University of Lyon ...
Mar 30, 2022
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Whether in a newspaper or online, news articles can be supported with an image of a brain scan or statement to explain the way our brain works. Often, readers use these scientific explanations to help separate fact from fiction. ...
Sep 20, 2018
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Playing an adventure video game featuring a fictitious, young emergency physician treating severe trauma patients was better than text-based learning at priming real doctors to quickly recognize the patients who needed higher ...
Dec 13, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Video games can play a role in medical education, offering new methods for teaching medical students, according to a report published by the American Medical Association (AMA).
Feb 4, 2016
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Research finds that most interactive games for tablets aimed at children between two and five years of age do not exploit the full range of their motor skills. This is the main finding of a study carried out at the Universitat ...
Jan 4, 2016
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Children have an increasing attraction towards electronic media in their play. With video games, phones and the internet in abundance, this article in Educational Psychology examines if such leisure activity is impacting ...
Oct 7, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—A trio of researchers at Florida State University has conducted a small study the results of which suggest that the video game Portal 2 is better at improving cognitive skills than the "brain-trainer" Lumosity—a ...