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Scientists Prove Once Again That Playing Violent Video Games Alters Young Men’s Brains

In a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America earlier this week, researchers believe they’ve found proof that violent video games alter the portion of the brain responsible for controlling emotion and aggressive behaviour. How many times are we going to prove this?


January 15, 2011
In Real Life

Scientists Can Predict Your Gaming Skills By Scanning Your Head

Do you suck at StarCraft II? Do the intricate combo moves of Street Fighter escape you? Maybe you need an MRI. Researchers have found a method for scanning the brain that could predict how well you play video games.


December 30, 2010
In Real Life

This Is Your Brain On Video Games

What happens to our attention when we play video games? The New York Times’ technology reporter Matt Richtel played a video game while stuffed inside a $US3 million M.R.I. scanning tube to find out.


June 24, 2010
In Real Life

Science Finds Courage In The Human Brain

General George Patton said that “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” Now scientists may have found a way to stimulate courage, pinpointing the portion of the brain that helps humans conquer their fears.


June 3, 2010
In Real Life

Science Figures Out Why Teenagers Are Stupid

While average blog readership is packed with the sort of hyper intelligent teenagers that have to be portrayed by 30-year-olds in TV dramas, many of the world’s teenagers are prone to doing stupid things for stupid reasons. New research explains why.