When navigating in a known environment, men prefer to take shortcuts to reach their destination more quickly, while women tend to use routes they know. This is according to Alexander Boone of UC Santa Barbara in the US who ...
May 23, 2018
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Older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), often a precursor to Alzheimer's, showed significant improvement with certain complex thinking and memory skills after exergaming, according to a new study.
May 15, 2018
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Psychology researchers have used the game League of Legends to advance our understanding of how people build "mental models—the mental tools that allow people to make use of complex systems. The researchers found that mental ...
May 8, 2018
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(HealthDay)—For most, playing online video games is largely a harmless hobby. But a new review finds that some fall prey to what experts call "internet gaming disorder."
Apr 20, 2018
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The usually conservative healthcare industry in Central Florida has turned to local video game makers to discover new ways to teach patients about disease and other health-related issues, potentially saving lives in the process.
Apr 20, 2018
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Often, people think performing in front of others will make them mess up, but a new study led by a Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist found the opposite: being watched makes people do better.
Apr 20, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Parents, you may be able to stop feeling guilty about letting your toddlers play video games—as long as you're playing with them.
Apr 10, 2018
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Playing violent action adventure games for prolonged periods does not make adults more aggressive say researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany. ...
Mar 14, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Enrolling your children in organized sports might help them when they start driving, a new study suggests.
Mar 6, 2018
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According to a recent study published in Violence and Gender, video games decrease the likelihood of producing hate material online and researcher Jim Hawdon says "this finding suggests that violent video games may serve ...
Feb 22, 2018
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