Health
What's motivating child's play?
Altering parents' and teachers' notion of risk taking behaviour can significantly increase children's physical activity suggests a study lead by University of Sydney researchers.
Apr 16, 2013
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Overweight & Obesity
When teens focus on TV, obesity risk rises
(HealthDay)—It's not how much time teens spend watching TV but how intensely they watch that adds on the pounds, new research suggests.
Apr 8, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Playing action videogames improves visual search
Researchers at the University of Toronto have shown that playing shooting or driving videogames, even for a relatively short time, improves the ability to search for a target hidden among irrelevant distractions in complex ...
Mar 14, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Video game 'exercise' for an hour a day may enhance certain cognitive skills
Playing video games for an hour each day can improve subsequent performance on cognitive tasks that use similar mental processes to those involved in the game, according to research published March 13 in the open access journal ...
Mar 13, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Action video games boost reading skills, study finds
Much to the chagrin of parents who think their kids should spend less time playing video games and more time studying, time spent playing action video games can actually make dyslexic children read better. In fact, 12 hours ...
Feb 28, 2013
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Surgery
Wii-playing surgeons may improve performance on laparoscopic procedures
Laparoscopic surgeons may improve certain aspects of surgical performance by regularly playing on a Nintendo Wii, according to research published February 27 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Gregorio Patrizi and colleagues ...
Feb 27, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mothers' behavior during playtime linked to young children's engagement with them, researcher says
Researchers long have evaluated the roles parents play in children's development. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that mothers' directiveness, the extent to which they try to control the content ...
Feb 4, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Video games benefit children, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Children could be better off playing video games this holiday season than watching television, a QUT study shows.
Jan 16, 2013
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Health
To protect against injuries, young athletes may need to play more just for fun
One way to avoid injuries in young athletes may be for them to simply spend more time in unorganized free play such as pick-up games, a Loyola University Medical Study has found.
Jan 11, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Violent video games: More playing time equals more aggression
(Medical Xpress)—A new study provides the first experimental evidence that the negative effects of playing violent video games can accumulate over time.
Dec 10, 2012
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