News tagged with players
Virtual studies answer real questions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 14, 2009 |
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"Are online games just for male teenagers?" About 80 percent of "Ever Quest II" players are male, but the hardcore players are women. And, almost all players are adults.
RadioShack Corp. quietly opens new concept store
Feb 12, 2009 |
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RadioShack Corp. has quietly opened a new concept store in the Dallas area. If successful, the ubiquitous RadioShack easily could convert some of its stores in each market, analysts said.
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 ...
Game provides clue to improving remote sensing
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 27, 2009 |
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A newly developed mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win the popular board game CLUE© could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives.
Sensor-equipped footballs could help refs and players
Dec 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When Dr. Priya Narasimhan moved to Pittsburgh seven years ago, she fell in love with the people, the city, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Although the Carnegie Mellon computer engineering professor ...
The more you take the more you lose
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2008 |
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In everyday social exchanges, being mean to people has a lot more impact than being nice, research at the University of Chicago has shown.
Staying active may lower health risks for large, retired athletes
Nov 11, 2008 |
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The larger body size of professional football players doesn't increase risk of cardiovascular disease or atherosclerosis after they retire, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions ...
Gamers play against type: Avid online role-players do not fit gamer stereotypes, survey finds
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Participants in the role-playing game EverQuest II defy the stereotype of the overweight male teenager, researchers reported this month in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
Size and fitness levels of NHL players have improved, study shows
Sep 16, 2008 |
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Imagine taking a picture of your favourite sports team every year for a generation. Looking back over a quarter of century, the changes you'd see are significant.
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, ...
Heat-related deaths in high school football players dip, but all are preventable
Jul 30, 2008 |
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You could say two is a small number. But that's still two too many for Frederick O. Mueller, Ph.D., professor of exercise and sports science in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
