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Do we think that machines can think?

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 1

When our PC goes on strike again we tend to curse it as if it was a human. The question of why and under what circumstances we attribute human-like properties to machines and how such processes manifest on a cortical level ...





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Action video game players experience diminished proactive attention

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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 ...


Football injuries in US high school athletes more severe during kickoff, punting

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Injuries can occur during a sporting competition at any time. However, new research finds that during football, injuries sustained at the beginning or middle of a game are more severe compared to injuries sustained during ...


Researchers develop game for HIV+ youth

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health have developed a game for HIV-positive youth, +CLICK, designed to reduce secondary transmission of the virus.


Consumer anger pays off: Strategic displays may aid negotiations

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The time-honored tradition of displaying emotions to try to get a better deal might actually work, but inflating emotions can backfire, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.


Study to see if video games can boost thinking skills in elderly

Study to see if video games can boost thinking skills in elderly

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at North Carolina State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study whether and how video games can boost ...


Deal or No Deal? Game Show used to study Risk Aversion Behavior

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in the International Review of Finance , published by Wiley-Blackwell, used data from the popular television game show, 'Deal or No Deal?', to explore risk aversion and economic decision-making ...


Playing video games for better, not worse

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Some video games can make children kinder and more likely to help---not hurt---other people.


Video game minority report: Lots of players, few characters

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

If the future of entertainment is interactive media, some minorities are still headed back to the past.


Self-regulation game predicts kindergarten achievement

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Early childhood development researchers have discovered that a simple, five-minute self-regulation game not only can predict end-of-year achievement in math, literacy and vocabulary, but also was associated with the equivalent ...


Action video games improve vision

Action video games improve vision

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3

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.



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