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Video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate

Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. The researchers found that video game players develop ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Mobile shopping: More buzz than buy so far

When it comes to mobile shopping, so far there's more buzz than buy.

Technology / Business

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Android phones to pit vampires against slayers

Facial recognition startup Viewdle on Wednesday began letting Android smartphone users see which of the people around them are vampires and which are vampire slayers.

Technology / Software

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

What gamers want: Researchers develop tool to predict player behavior

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method that can accurately predict the behavior of players in online role-playing games. The tool could be used by the game industry to develop new game ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Robots learn to create language

(PhysOrg.com) -- Communication is a vital part of any task that has to be done by more than one individual. That is why humans in every corner of the world have created their own complex languages that help ...

Electronics / Robotics

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 17 | with audio podcast weblog

Pico projector used in eye based video gaming system

(PhysOrg.com) -- Students at the University of Texas in Austen are playing video games. Honestly, that is really not news. Students all over the country are playing video games, usually when they should be studying. In this ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Video games may help combat depression in older adults

Research at the Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests a novel route to improving the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in seniors ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

National study finds nearly 1 in 10 youth gamers addicted to video games

Parents have been saying for years that their kids are "addicted" to video games, but a new study by an Iowa State University psychology professor is the first to actually report that pathological patterns ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Video game industry bucks downturn with Feb. sales

(AP) -- The video game industry continued to defy the recession in February, posting double-digit year-over-year growth with Nintendo Co.'s popular Wii gaming system leading the way.

Technology / Business

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Surprising results: Virtual games players stick close to home

In the real world, tracking a person's social network -- which could include hundreds of contacts that serve different purposes -- is nearly impossible.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Game Review: 'Ninja Gaiden 3' a letdown for fans

(AP) -- If you were playing video games in the 1980s, you probably remember flinging your Nintendo controller across the room after the original "Ninja Gaiden" sliced and diced you into mouth-frothing aggravation.

Technology / Software

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Facebook game star Zynga opens online playground

Facebook games star Zynga has opened an online playground where users can enjoy hit titles without having to visit the world's top social network.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook game star Zynga starts online playground

Facebook games star Zynga on Thursday unveiled an online playground where people can share passions for hit titles without having to visit the world's top social network.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Remodeled PlayStation Home opening doors

Sony on Thursday will open the doors of a remodeled PlayStation Home that puts the focus on games in a virtual world that merges console-quality play with hot trends in online social gaming.

Technology / Business

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zynga adding more ways to play games as IPO looms

(AP) -- Zynga is adding more ways for people to play its Web games as it grooms its business for an initial public offering of stock.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0