News tagged with play
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
Sep 13, 2010 |
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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 ...
May 17, 2011 |
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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
Jun 14, 2011 |
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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.
Jul 14, 2010 |
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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.
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Today's children do engage in active play
New research suggests that promoting active play in children's leisure time could increase the physical activity of today's children, but that such strategies might need to be tailored according to gender.
Mar 17, 2011 |
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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
May 03, 2011 |
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Artificial intelligence -- child’s play!
Scientists have developed a computer game called “Gorge” - designed to help children understand artificial intelligence through play, and even to change it. It can also improve the children’s social interaction skills.
Feb 02, 2009 |
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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
Feb 25, 2010 |
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'Free play' for children, teens is vital to social development, psychologist says
A new theory about early human adaptation suggests that our ancestors capitalized on their capacities for play to enable the development of a highly cooperative way of life.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 15, 2009 |
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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.
Feb 14, 2009 |
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Arts good for the psyche
(PhysOrg.com) -- Youth who do arts are psychologically better off than those who do not, a new study from Victoria University shows.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Game on? Video-game ownership may interfere with young boys' academic functioning
Parents of young boys may want to encourage moderation when it comes to their kids' video game habits. According to new findings in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, owning a vide ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 10, 2010 |
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Study: Stark differences in media use between minority and white youth
Minority youth aged 8 to 18 consume an average of 13 hours of media content a day -- about 4-1/2 hours more than their white counterparts, according to a Northwestern University report, the first national study to focus exclusively ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 08, 2011 |
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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.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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