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  Lazy Eye Disorder Treated With Video Game Tetris

  April 22, 2013 — Scientists have used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach to treat adult amblyopia, commonly known as "lazy eye." By distributing information between the two eyes in a ... > full story
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  Hologram-Like 3-D Brain Helps Researchers Decode Migraine Pain

  April 18, 2013 — Wielding a joystick and wearing special glasses, a pain researcher rotates and slices apart a large, colorful, 3-D brain floating in space before ... > full story
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  'Big Data’ Algorithm Used to Customize Video Game Difficulty

  April 18, 2013 — Researchers have developed a computational model that can predict video game players’ in-game performance and provide a corresponding challenge they can beat, leading to quicker mastery of new ... > full story
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  Scientists Scan the Human Heart to Create Digital Anatomical Library

  April 18, 2013 — Medical researchers have demonstrated the anatomical reconstruction of an active human heart. The research uses contrast-computed tomography (CT) to allow in-depth 3-D computer modeling of hearts ... > full story
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  Role-Playing Game Brings New Life to a 'Dead' Language

  April 18, 2013 — In one Latin class, students learn Latin playing heroes from Graeco-Roman myth — bringing a ‘dead’ language to life through a role-playing game. The application of game theory in ... > full story
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  Social Gaming Promotes Healthy Behavior, Reveals New Research

  April 18, 2013 — Adding social gaming elements to a behavior tracking program led people to exercise more frequently and helped them decrease their body-mass index, according to new ... > full story
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  Video Games: Bad or Good for Your Memory?

  April 18, 2013 — After the horrific shooting sprees at Columbine High School in 1999 and Virginia Tech in 2007, players of violent video games, such as First Person Shooter (FPS) games, have often been accused in the ... > full story
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  Children and Teens With Autism More Likely to Become Preoccupied With Video Games

  April 17, 2013 — Children and teens with autism spectrum disorder use screen-based media, such as television and video games, more often than their typically developing peers and are more likely to develop ... > full story
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  Computer Scientists Develop Video Game That Teaches How to Program in Java

  April 8, 2013 — Computer scientists have developed an immersive, first-person player video game designed to teach students in elementary to high school how to program in Java, one of the most common programming ... > full story
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  Baseball Gambling Was Common in Early Days

  April 8, 2013 — In the early days of baseball more than 125 years ago, fun at the ballyard was a sure bet – quite literally. Players, fans and perhaps even umpires gambled on every aspect of the game and ... > full story

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