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Level Up: Study Reveals Keys to Gamer Loyalty
November 16, 2012 — Online role-playing game developers can get ahead of the competition by giving gamers more opportunities to get social, collaborate and take control of their online personas, according to a new ... > full story -
Using Skills Gleaned from Video Games, High School and College Students Outmatch Medical Residents in Surgical Simulations
November 15, 2012 — What can high school and college-age video game enthusiasts teach young surgeons-in-training? According to a new study the superior hand-eye coordination and hand skills gained from hours of ... > full story -
How Online Video Stream Quality Affects Viewer Behavior
November 13, 2012 — It may seem like common sense that the quality of online video streaming affects how willing viewers are to watch videos at a website. But until computer science researchers developed a way to ... > full story -
Virtual Reality Could Help People Lose Weight, Fight Prejudice
November 6, 2012 — When an individual strongly identifies with the virtual reality representation of themselves, known as an avatar, the electronic doppelganger can influence that person's health and appearance, ... > full story -
Virtual Reality Puts Human in Rat World: 'Beaming' Technology Transforms Human-Animal Interaction
October 31, 2012 — Using cutting-edge virtual reality technology, researchers have "beamed" a person into a rat facility allowing the rat and human to interact with each other on the same ... > full story -
Videos Reduce Children's Anxiety Prior to Surgery
October 30, 2012 — Having children watch a video immediately prior to surgery can reduce their anxiety during anesthesia induction, the most stressful time for children throughout the perioperative ... > full story -
'Beam Me to My Meeting:' Video Conferencing Much Improved
October 29, 2012 — Forget about crackly lines or blurry webcams. Video conferencing has just got a whole lot better. By combining robotics, video and a host of other sensor and display technologies, scientists can now ... > full story -
Dream Come True: Fantasy Football Grabs Attention of Fans and Franchises, Creates Jobs
October 25, 2012 — A fantasy of millions of individuals may be positively affecting job growth. Fantasy football is growing -- nearly 34 million individuals play fantasy sports and 75 percent of them play fantasy ... > full story -
Video Game With Biofeedback Teaches Children to Curb Their Anger
October 24, 2012 — Children with serious anger problems can be helped by a video game that hones their ability to regulate their emotions, finds a new study. Noticing that children with anger control problems are often ... > full story -
Brain Waves Reveal Video Game Aptitude
October 24, 2012 — Scientists report that they can predict who will improve most on an unfamiliar video game by looking at their brain ... > full story
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