News tagged with memory game

Video gaming teens sleep less: study

Teens who play a lot of video games are likely to sleep less than the eight to nine hours a night recommended for the age group, researchers said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Gamers may not be desensitized by violent video games: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto may not desensitize players to negative situations or events, suggest psychology researchers from Ryerson University.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Gift Guide: Techie kids' toys for every age group

(AP) -- While stores still sell a plethora of good old-fashioned toys such as board games, action figures and stuffed animals, electronic ones aren't exactly a niche category anymore either.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tetris flashback reduction effect 'not common to all games'

The computer game Tetris may have a special ability to reduce flashbacks after viewing traumatic images not shared by other types of computer game, Oxford University scientists have discovered in a series ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Gadgets: Ultra portable video camera trades fun for video/audio quality

The uCorder video camera from iRes Technology is not the greatest you can buy, but it might be the one you can have the most fun with.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Racing, shooting and zapping your way to better visual skills

Do your kids want a Wii, a PlayStation or an Xbox 360 this year? This holiday gift season is packed with popular gaming systems and adrenaline-pumping, sharpshooting games. What's a parent to do? Is there any redeeming value ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Elpida Completes Development of 1-Gigabit GDDR5

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory, today announced that it had developed a 1-gigabit GDDR5 (product name: EDW1032BABG) that operates at a world-class high speed ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Brain exercises' may delay memory decline in dementia

People who engage in activities that exercise the brain, such as reading, writing, and playing card games, may delay the rapid memory decline that occurs if they later develop dementia, according to a study published in the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

You wear me out: Thinking of others causes lapses in our self-control

Exerting self-control is exhausting. In fact, using self-control in one situation impairs our ability to use self-control in subsequent, even unrelated, situations. What about thinking of other people exerting self-control? ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Neuroscientists identify physiological link between trial and error and learning

Learning through trial and error often requires subjects to establish new physiological links by using information about trial outcome to strengthen correct responses or modify incorrect responses. New findings, which appear ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Older adults control emotions more easily than young adults

With age comes the ability to better regulate emotions in order to not disrupt performance on a memory-intensive task, according to a study published in the March issue of the journal Psychology and Aging.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1