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A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device - such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device - to generate visual feedback. This feedback is shown on a video display device such as a TV, monitor, touchscreen, or virtual reality headset.
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NOV 04, 2015Neuroscience
Video games, online role-playing games and even just some of the board game apps on a smartphone are played by millions ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 15, 2015Neuroscience
While it might seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, researchers in Toronto conducted brain research by using a hig ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 07, 2015Videos
Origami, an ancient Japanese paper-folding art, can lead to some incredible three-dimensional paper structures. There ar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 07, 2015Neuroscience
The NFL is known for a lot of things. Big players tackling each other, cheerleaders, the Super Bowl, and sadly, for inju ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 29, 2015Neuroscience
Science fiction stories are full of plot lines that involve brain communication, mind-reading and other mental abilities ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 28, 2015Neuroscience
Video games can get a bad rap when the talk turns to how much time children spend on them. Everything from AD/HD to chil ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2015Neuroscience
For three years MIT researcher Deb Roy and a small group of researchers recorded every waking moment of Roy’s son& ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 15, 2015Neuroscience
Michigan State University researchers have done a study to show that a surprisingly easy but targeted brain game reduces ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 07, 2015Videos
Each year in the United States approximately 1 in 6 Americans will contract a foodborne illness. In order to estimate th ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 07, 2015Videos
Thoughts are something that we experience every single day. Sometimes, we force ourselves to think about something so th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2015Videos
A Sudoku First! Without really thinking about it, millions of people around the world are tackling some of the hardest p ...Written By: Robert WoodardJUL 05, 2015Videos
Black mambas are some of the world's most venomous snakes. They have incredibly toxic venom that acts as a neurotoxin an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 17, 2015Plants & Animals
Fanged vampire fish are falling from the sky in Alaska. Wild foot-long creatures, with multiple rows of teeth and suckin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
Who remembers being 15 years old? Wasn't life great? Hanging out with friends, playing video games and probably slacking ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 21, 2015Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing. ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 21, 2015Health & Medicine
"Run! Duck! Cover... Oops, what was I doing again?" If you are an avid action gamer you may want to think twice about sp ...Written By: Kareem HeslopMAY 18, 2015Technology
Remember that creepy feeling in 2001: A Space Odyssey when HAL observes Dave beginning a disconnection sequence and asks ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 18, 2015Space & Astronomy
It may have been stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet, but that doesn't mean scientists have lost interest in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 13, 2015Plants & Animals
In neighborhoods and on playgrounds everywhere, kids play the game of tag. It's a tradition; someone has to be "It" and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 08, 2015Neuroscience
A new study has thrown light on how people can become killers in certain situations, showing how brain activity varies a ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
One afternoon in October 2012, a communication therapist from Manchester visited the home of Laura and her three childre ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 31, 2015Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 24, 2015Technology
Sometime in the near future, drones may be wearable and may even become our buddies - at least if one futurist has any s ...Written By: Will HectorOCT 01, 2013Videos
Brain training games claim to boost your mental skills. But while practicing a game might make you better at it, researc ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
NOV 04, 2015
Neuroscience
Video games, online role-playing games and even just some of the board game apps on a smartphone are played by millions
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 15, 2015
Neuroscience
While it might seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, researchers in Toronto conducted brain research by using a hig
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 07, 2015
Videos
Origami, an ancient Japanese paper-folding art, can lead to some incredible three-dimensional paper structures. There ar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 07, 2015
Neuroscience
The NFL is known for a lot of things. Big players tackling each other, cheerleaders, the Super Bowl, and sadly, for inju
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Science fiction stories are full of plot lines that involve brain communication, mind-reading and other mental abilities
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Video games can get a bad rap when the talk turns to how much time children spend on them. Everything from AD/HD to chil
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2015
Neuroscience
For three years MIT researcher Deb Roy and a small group of researchers recorded every waking moment of Roy’s son&
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Michigan State University researchers have done a study to show that a surprisingly easy but targeted brain game reduces
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 07, 2015
Videos
Each year in the United States approximately 1 in 6 Americans will contract a foodborne illness. In order to estimate th
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUL 07, 2015
Videos
Thoughts are something that we experience every single day. Sometimes, we force ourselves to think about something so th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2015
Videos
A Sudoku First! Without really thinking about it, millions of people around the world are tackling some of the hardest p
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
JUL 05, 2015
Videos
Black mambas are some of the world's most venomous snakes. They have incredibly toxic venom that acts as a neurotoxin an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 17, 2015
Plants & Animals
Fanged vampire fish are falling from the sky in Alaska. Wild foot-long creatures, with multiple rows of teeth and suckin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Who remembers being 15 years old? Wasn't life great? Hanging out with friends, playing video games and probably slacking
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 21, 2015
Neuroscience
We are in some ways in the infancy of understanding the impact on the brain of prolonged exposure to video game playing.
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 21, 2015
Health & Medicine
"Run! Duck! Cover... Oops, what was I doing again?" If you are an avid action gamer you may want to think twice about sp
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 18, 2015
Technology
Remember that creepy feeling in 2001: A Space Odyssey when HAL observes Dave beginning a disconnection sequence and asks
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 18, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It may have been stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet, but that doesn't mean scientists have lost interest in
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 13, 2015
Plants & Animals
In neighborhoods and on playgrounds everywhere, kids play the game of tag. It's a tradition; someone has to be "It" and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 08, 2015
Neuroscience
A new study has thrown light on how people can become killers in certain situations, showing how brain activity varies a
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Neuroscience
One afternoon in October 2012, a communication therapist from Manchester visited the home of Laura and her three childre
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 31, 2015
Plants & Animals
With its scaly exterior, peculiar body shape and propensity for rolling into an armored ball when threatened, the pangol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 24, 2015
Technology
Sometime in the near future, drones may be wearable and may even become our buddies - at least if one futurist has any s
...
Written By:
Will Hector
OCT 01, 2013
Videos
Brain training games claim to boost your mental skills. But while practicing a game might make you better at it, researc
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis