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Youth Attitudes About Guns: Sixty Percent of High School and College Students Consider Gun Ownership in Future
January 14, 2013 — Sixty percent of high school and college students consider gun ownership in the future. Key findings revealed in poll based on personality traits, video games, gender, race, and political ... > full story -
Popularity Is an Unconscious Deterrent
January 14, 2013 — Although popular boys and girls get more attention from their classmates than less popular peers, they are often unconsciously avoided by those same ... > full story -
E-Games Boost Physical Activity in Children; Might Be a Weapon in the Battle Against Obesity
January 9, 2013 — Video games have been blamed for contributing to the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. But a new study by researchers suggests that certain blood-pumping video games can boost ... > full story -
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The Reason We Lose at Games: Some Games Simply Too Complex for the Human Mind to Understand
January 7, 2013 — If you have ever wondered why you never seem to win at skill-based games such as poker or chess, there might be a very good reason. Scientists have discovered that some games are simply impossible to ... > full story -
Video Analysis: Detecting Text Every Which Way
January 3, 2013 — Software that detects and extracts text from within video frames, making it searchable, is set to make a vast resource even more ... > full story -
Not All Gamers Are Low Scorers on Friendships, Relationships
December 20, 2012 — Not all video game players are destined for lives filled with failing relationships and dwindling friendships, according to researchers, who say that a lot depends on the role of the game-playing ... > full story -
Video-Game Users: Who Are Sports Gamers?
December 13, 2012 — From Gran Turismo to WWE Smackdown, sports-based video games represent a wide variety of pursuits. When it comes to the people who actually play those games, however, little is known. How do sports ... > full story -
Head-Mounted Cameras Could Help Robots Understand Social Interactions
December 13, 2012 — What is everyone looking at? It's a common question in social settings because the answer identifies something of interest, or helps delineate social groupings. Those insights someday will be ... > full story -
Violent Video Games: More Playing Time Equals More Aggression
December 10, 2012 — A new study provides the first experimental evidence that the negative effects of playing violent video games can accumulate over ... > full story -
Creativity and Linguistic Skills Important for Immersion in World of Warcraft
December 5, 2012 — The sense of immersion in role-play and computer games is sometimes viewed as dangerous, as players’ strong perceptions of fictional worlds are assumed to make them lose contact with reality. ... > full story
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