Neuroscience
Complex environments push 'brain' evolution
Little animations trying to master a computer game are teaching neuroscience researchers how the brain evolves when faced with difficult tasks.
Jan 29, 2015
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Health
Study analyses internet, mobile and video game effects on young users
A recent study has analysed the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by secondary school students, by using a sample of 5,538 students from the Vallès Occidental region of Catalonia. The study, based ...
Jan 29, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Virtual table tennis drops the ball on gross motor skills
Children playing table tennis on a game console move their arms faster and further than those playing in real life but miss out on the development of key gross motor skills, according to a WA study.
Jan 28, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Overweight video game avatars 'play' worse than thin ones, study says
Women assigned an overweight avatar in a video tennis game didn't play as hard as those assigned a slim one—regardless of the player's actual size, according to a new study by the University of California, Davis.
Jan 28, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A little help from your friends just increases pain
Maybe misery doesn't love company. When physical pain is involved, having an equally suffering friend nearby just makes you feel worse, according to a study published online Thursday in the journal Current Biology.
Jan 16, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People conform to the norm—even if the norm is a computer
Often enough it is human nature to conform. This tendency makes us follow the lead of computers, even if the machines give us the wrong advice. This is the finding of a study in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review that investigates ...
Jan 14, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Video game technology helps measure upper extremity movement in patients with muscular dystrophy
Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a way to measure upper extremity movement in patients with muscular dystrophy using interactive video game technology. Their hope is to expand inclusion criteria ...
Jan 12, 2015
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Neuroscience
Scientists uncover surprising new tools to rejuvenate the brain
Scientists used to believe that our neurologic fate was sealed at birth with a single, lifetime allotment of brain cells.
Jan 6, 2015
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Health
Child-safety expert offers tips for holiday gifts
Christmas is the most wonderful time of year, but it can quickly turn tragic if we're not careful, according to Bridget Boyd, MD, pediatric safety expert at Loyola University Health System.
Dec 22, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Gaming safer sex
UConn interactive digital media expert John Christensen has brought to life a virtual world with artificially intelligent characters so realistic, engaging, and compassionate, they have accomplished something that, to date, ...
Dec 8, 2014
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