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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 -
Depression: Why Life Can Feel out of Control
April 18, 2013 People with depression often feel their life is out of control. It can evoke feelings that their life is pointless or by merely existing bad things can happen. Research suggests that these feeling ... > full story -
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 -
Archaeologists Shine New Light on Easter Island Statue
April 11, 2013 Archaeologists have used the latest in digital imaging technology to record and analyze carvings on the Easter Island statue Hoa ... > full story -
Face-to-Face Negotiations Favor the Powerful
April 9, 2013 If you are negotiating with someone who has more power than you it is a good idea to avoid face-to-face ... > full story -
Online Learning: It's Different
April 4, 2013 Researchers have found that, by interspersing online lectures with short tests, student mind wandering decreased by 50 percent, note-taking tripled and overall retention of the material ... > full story -
Memories of Near Death Experiences: More Real Than Reality?
March 27, 2013 Researchers have demonstrated that the physiological mechanisms triggered during near death experiences (NDE) lead to a more vivid perception not only of imagined events in the history of an ... > full story -
Virtual Games Help the Blind Navigate Unknown Territory
March 27, 2013 Scientists have developed a virtual gaming environment to help blind individuals improve navigation skills and develop a cognitive spatial map of unfamiliar buildings and public ... > full story -
Speed of Light May Not Be Fixed, Scientists Suggest; Ephemeral Vacuum Particles Induce Speed-of-Light Fluctuations
March 25, 2013 Two new articles challenge established wisdom about the nature of vacuum. In one article scientists have identified a quantum level mechanism for interpreting vacuum as being filled with pairs of ... > full story -
Pain Reliever Shows Anti-Viral Activity Against Flu
March 21, 2013 The over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drug naproxen may also exhibit antiviral activity against influenza A virus, according to a team of scientists. The findings are the result of a structure-based ... > full story
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