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Goodness is its own reward. But as a bonus, it makes us healthier.
Sakis Koukouvis's insight:
Good Health Means Playing Well With Others
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Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s Anxiety Disorders Clinic and the Atlanta-based company Virtually Better want to give more children with social anxiety the practice they need to become comfortable in social situations. They have developed a new, one-of-a-kind computer simulation program that enables children to interact with avatars playing the roles of classmates, teachers and a principal. Via The Writing Goddess, Gina Stepp
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U.S. special operations forces carry out some the military’s toughest, most high-stakes missions. To pull them off, the commandos need speed, agility and swift perception skills akin to those of top-tier professional athletes. That might explain why the military’s latest commando training program will rely on a virtual-reality system already employed by pro sports teams. More: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/socom-neurotracker
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A new memory game has revived the tantalizing notion that people can work their way to a higher I.Q.
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The world often breaks down into numbers and regular patterns that form predictable cycles. And the sooner children can inherently grasp these patterns, the more confident and comfortable they will be with the world of math.
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Human nature has deep evolutionary roots and is manifested in relationships with family members, friends, romantic and business partners, competitors, and strangers more than in any other aspects of behavior or intellectual activity, contends a University of Chicago behavioral biologist.
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Can digital games and virtual worlds help us save nature? Conservation scientists Bruno Monteferri, Chris Sandbrook and Bill Adams explore whether computer gaming is a new frontier for conservation.
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Online role playing games negatively affect real-life marital satisfaction, according to a new Brigham Young University study to be published February 15th in the Journal of Leisure Research.
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“You can see what’s happening with the help of our new neuro-imaging tech, and it’s very clear that the reward is being very, very stimulated by video games. What’s clear is that when the rewards system is stimulated your efficiency of learning improves.”
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After growing up on an entertainment diet of X-Men and Xbox, high school and college-age students may find a textbook on cell biology to be a little, well, bland.
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aul Howard-Jones thinks he knows the answer to a question that has long puzzled both parents and professors: Why is it that the same teenagers who turn sullen and despondent when faced with a half hour of learning French verbs or organic compounds are happy to spend hours mastering the computer game Minecraft’s physics engine or the counterfactual history in Call of Duty?
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Players of the online protein folding game Foldit have reached another milestone, creating an 18-fold-more-active version of a model enzyme.
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A collection of physics-based games that can be played online and embedded into your blog or website. Via J Way, João Greno Brogueira
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Playfulness in males signals that they are not aggressive and would not harm the mother and the offspring. So females would prefer playful and harmless males. And playfulness in females signal health and fecundity, according to Professor Chick. On this basis, adult playfulness seems to be attractive to the opposite sex.
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Two years ago, at a meeting on science and education, experts challenged video game manufacturers to develop games that emphasize kindness and compassion instead of violence and aggression.
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Could computers ever beat the best go players? Although unthinkable at this stage, this could soon become possible, thanks to CNRS theorists.
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Over the years, the decades, I have been over and over convinced of the value of games to teach, and so recently have been researching game design. I want to create my own educational games. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=1&tag=neuroscience
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Computer game crowdsources DNA sequence alignments across different species.
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Bridging a divide between sighted and blind gamers, University of California, Santa Cruz graduate Rupa Dhillon has created a version of the musical rhythm 'Rock Band' game that everyone can play.
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Games and interactive media are powerful tools for health promotion and childhood obesity prevention
Children are naturally drawn toward gaming and other types of technology, creating an ideal opportunity to design interactive media tools to encourage physical activity and promote healthy eating habits, according to an article in a special issue...
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Build a robot that plays Angry Birds for you... Articles about robotics: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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Not sure what I'd with it but it looks cool and I like the act it's a platform for downloadable games. Articles about robotics: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics Via Guillaume Decugis
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Whether or not you believe in divine intervention in sports — and a recent survey suggests that about 40 percent of Americans do — prayer may help athletes like football player Tim Tebow win on game day.
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