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Scientists Shed New Light On Right Brain Activity
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 16, 2009 |
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It’s a world first: thanks to new technology developed by the University of Victoria, Canada, researchers can now show how multiple parts of the right brain dynamically process spatial relationships.
Action video game players experience diminished proactive attention
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Video game players are often accused of passively reacting to tasks that are spoon fed to them through graphics and stimuli on the screen. A group of researchers from Iowa State University shows that playing lots of video ...
Using your mood to operate a computer game
May 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain Computer Interfaces measure electrical signals from the brain and convert them into data that can be used by a computer. You can move a cursor on your screen, for example, simply by ...
Students Develop 'Mind-Control' Interface to Play Video Games Without a Controller
Aug 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drexel University students have taken game controller innovation beyond motion control with a “hands-off” approach and developed an interface that allows players to execute actions using only ...
Brain study suggests way to measure, treat autism
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Researchers have pinpointed subtle deficits in the brains of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that they say could aid more precise diagnoses and perhaps improve treatment of ASD. The researchers discovered characteristic ...
Action video games improve vision
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 29, 2009 |
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Video games that involve high levels of action, such as first-person-shooter games, increase a player's real-world vision, according to research in today's Nature Neuroscience.
Effects of brain exercise depend on opponent
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Playing games against a computer activates different brain areas from those activated when playing against a human opponent. Research published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience has shown that the belief that o ...
Brain's 'trust machinery' identified
May 21, 2008 |
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The brain centers triggered by a betrayal of trust have been identified by researchers, who found they could suppress such triggering and maintain trust by administering the brain chemical oxytocin. The researchers said their ...
Brain abnormality found in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Researchers trying to uncover the mechanisms that cause attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder have found an abnormality in the brains of adolescent boys suffering from the conditions, but not where ...
Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function
Sep 01, 2008 |
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Being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language, ...
Video games shown to improve vision
Mar 15, 2007 |
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According to a new study from the University of Rochester, playing action video games sharpens vision. In tests of visual acuity that assess the ability to see objects accurately in a cluttered space, game players scored ...
An unbeatable computer game?
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 30, 2007 |
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Researchers have come up with an idea to design a computer game that knows a player’s move about two seconds before the move is made. Using measurements of players’ skin conductance, the computer’s sensors ...
Psychologists suggest parents should wait to teach toddlers self-control
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Toddlers are distractible. Their minds flit constantly here and there, and they have a terrible time concentrating on even the most stimulating project. They might be fascinated by a colorful new toy, but only until the next ...
Passive learning imprints on the brain just like active learning
Jul 14, 2008 |
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It's conventional wisdom that practice makes perfect. But if practicing only consists of watching, rather than doing, does that advance proficiency? Yes, according to a study by Dartmouth researchers.
Violent video games leave teenagers emotionally aroused
Nov 28, 2006 |
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A new study has found that adolescents who play violent video games may exhibit lingering effects on brain function, including increased activity in the region of the brain that governs emotional arousal and decreased activity ...
