The age at which a boy is first exposed to pornography is significantly associated with certain sexist attitudes later in life, but not necessarily in the way people might think, according to research presented at the 125th ...
Aug 3, 2017
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A person playing a first-person shooter video game like Halo or Unreal Tournament must make decisions quickly. That fast-paced decision-making, it turns out, boosts the player's visual skills but comes at a cost, according ...
Aug 3, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—People are quick to point the finger or dismiss the effect of violent video games as a factor in criminal behavior. New evidence from Iowa State researchers demonstrates a link between video games and youth ...
Mar 27, 2013
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(HealthDay)—For some families, moments where parents spend time playing, reading or conversing with kids may be a thing of the past, new research suggests.
Jun 10, 2016
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For some children, screen time before bed translates to less sleep.
Jun 23, 2020
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The April suicide of 14-year-old Kenneth Weishuhn Jr. -- a South O'Brien High School (Paulina, Iowa) student who was reportedly teased and bullied by classmates -- had Iowa lawmakers questioning the effectiveness of the state's ...
Jul 10, 2012
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In 2007, nearly two million children in the United States had at least one parent serving in the military. Military families and children, in particular, suffer from mental health problems related to long deployments.
Jul 21, 2011
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As president of the International Society for Research on Aggression (IRSA) and with consent of the organization's elected council, Craig Anderson appointed an international Media Violence Commission last December to prepare ...
Aug 27, 2012
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For the first time experts have been able to eliminate external factors and specifically pinpoint television as having a direct link with female body ideals.
Feb 22, 2016
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During the 2016 Zika outbreak, news exposure appears to have had a far bigger impact than local disease risk on the number of times people visited Zika-related Wikipedia pages in the U.S. Michele Tizzoni and colleagues at ...
Mar 12, 2020
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