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Violent Video Games Have Lower Effects on Highly-Exposed Teens
May 3, 2013 — Teenagers who are highly exposed to violent video games —- three or more hours per day -— show blunted physical and psychological responses to playing a violent game, reports a new ... > full story -
Bonding With Your Virtual Self May Alter Your Actual Perceptions
May 2, 2013 — When people create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments, according to ... > full story -
Gamers Recognize College Football Players in Video Games
May 1, 2013 — Paying college athletes is a contentious issue and the subject of a lawsuit challenging the use of their likenesses in video games. A new study found that many video gamers recognize athletes in the ... > full story -
Researchers Successfully Treat Autism in Infants: Playing Games That Infants Prefer Can Lessen Severity of Symptoms
April 30, 2013 — Most infants respond to a game of peek-a-boo with smiles at the very least, and, for those who find the activity particularly entertaining, gales of laughter. For infants with autism spectrum ... > full story -
Leadership Emerges Spontaneously During Games
April 29, 2013 — Video game and augmented-reality game players can spontaneously build virtual teams and leadership structures without special tools or guidance, according to ... > full story -
Weight Loss Programs Via Virtual Reality
April 26, 2013 — There are many barriers that can interfere with weight loss. For those attending face-to-face weight loss programs, barriers can include travel, conflict with work and home, need for childcare, and ... > full story -
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 -
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 -
'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 -
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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