Psychology & Psychiatry
Can we learn to think further ahead?
Chess grandmasters are often held up as the epitome of thinking far ahead. But can others, with a modest amount of practice, learn to think further ahead?
May 31, 2023
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News tagged with game
Ophthalmology
New app helps children with 'lazy eye' visual impairment
Eye specialists, mathematicians and games designers at the University of Southampton have teamed up to develop and launch a smartphone app aimed at helping improve vital treatment for children with amblyopia, a common visual ...
May 30, 2023
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Genetics
Gene therapy helps combat some forms of blindness—clinical trials are applying these treatments to other diseases
An estimated 295 million people suffer from visual impairment globally. Around 43 million of those people are living with blindness. While not every form of blindness can be cured, recent scientific breakthroughs have uncovered ...
May 12, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research sheds new light on self-destructive behavior
Misunderstanding the link between our actions and consequences could be what makes giving up harmful habits so difficult, study shows.
Apr 18, 2023
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Gastroenterology
Personalized gut microbiome analysis for colorectal cancer classification with explainable AI
The gut microbiome comprises a complex population of different bacterial species that are essential to human health. In recent years, scientists across several fields have found that changes in the gut microbiome can be linked ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Pediatrics
Ask the Pediatrician: Is it OK to need a break from my children?
Parenting is hard. You give all you've got to love your children and make sure they're safe and thriving. You may not be sleeping well. You haven't had time to yourself. You miss being with other adults.
Mar 27, 2023
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Health
Cleveland Browns fans keep crashing their cars. The data can help cities become safer
When the Cleveland Browns play downtown along Lake Erie, more than 67,000 fans can fill the stadium. Some three hours after kickoff, those tens of thousands of people all have to do the same thing at once—go home.
Mar 22, 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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Using a video game to measure children's well-being: Before and after COVID-19
A video game featuring a mystical character named Rumble has helped Griffith University researchers investigate how school kids fared following lockdown disruption.
Mar 14, 2023
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Addiction
'Take Time to Think' gambling warning found to have no impact on betting behavior
Clearer messaging on gambling harm is needed if the industry is to help customers moderate their gambling behavior, experts have warned.
Mar 7, 2023
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