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Gentile cites positive, negative effects of video games on the brain in Nature Reviews article
(Medical Xpress) -- Douglas Gentile says his own research has found both positive and negative effects from playing video games. And the Iowa State University associate professor of psychology cites examples of both in a ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 28, 2011 |
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New technology uses solar UV to disinfect drinking water
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Purdue University researchers has invented a prototype water-disinfection system that could help the world's 800 million people who lack safe drinking water.
Sep 29, 2011 |
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What's the psychological effect of violent video games on children?
(Medical Xpress) -- This week, the United States Supreme Court overturned a California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. But can a child’s behavior be directly influenced by playing a violent ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Parents prefer media content ratings system to age-based ratings in new national study
Although parents appreciate having media ratings systems to help protect their kids from questionable content in movies, video games and television, the current age-based system doesn't meet their needs, according to a new ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Noted researcher addresses multiple dimensions of video game effects in new journal article
Douglas Gentile is painfully aware of how research on the effects of video games on kids is often oversimplified to say that games are either "good" or "bad." The associate professor of psychology at Iowa State University ...
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May 10, 2011 |
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Effects of TV ad violence, Super Bowl implications on kids (w/ Video)
The Super Bowl annually produces the year's largest TV audience, making it a prime event for advertisers to debut their flashy, new commercials. But ads with violent content aired during a sporting event that also contains ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Study identifies risks, consequences of video game addiction
Parents may have good reason to be concerned about how much time their kids have been spending playing their new video games since the holidays. A new study by an international research team -- including an ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Sex, drugs more common in hyper-texting teens
(AP) -- Teens who text 120 times a day or more - and there seems to be a lot of them - are more likely to have had sex or used alcohol and drugs than kids who don't send as many messages, according to provocative new research.
Nov 09, 2010 |
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Are texting and Facebook worse for teens than TV?
(AP) -- Let's face it: Teenagers spend hours texting, socializing on Facebook and playing video games. And it's driving their parents nuts.
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Ask.com wants users to ask each other, not Jeeves
(AP) -- You won't be able to ask Jeeves, the butler that made the search engine now known as Ask.com famous in the late '90s. But in a bid to engage more users, Ask is returning to its question-and-answer roots by tapping ...
Jul 27, 2010 |
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