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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

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

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

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

Effects of brain exercise depend on opponent

Playing games against a computer activates different brain areas from those activated when playing against a human opponent. Research published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience has shown that the belief that o ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UT professor defines play, discovers even turtles need recess

Seeing a child or a dog play is not a foreign sight. But what about a turtle or even a wasp? Apparently, they play, too.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

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

Viewing the world through a 'mathematical lens' can help young children learn math

(PhysOrg.com) -- Teaching children mathematics at a young age may be as simple as helping them see how math is all around them.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Great apes 'play' tag to keep competitive advantage (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gorillas hit-and-run in 'games' of tag in the same way humans do and for the same reason - to keep their competitive advantage, a new study has found.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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

Music, media firms pin hopes on new Facebook ties

Music and media companies are pinning fresh hopes for reviving their businesses on a small ribbon that Facebook has begun putting on user profiles called the "ticker."

Technology / Internet

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0