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Why Robin Makes Batman Better Think your eyes have no trouble detecting when an object changes colour, size, or shape? This new illusion crafted by Harvard’s Jordan W. Suchow and George A. Alvarez might just prove you wrong.
Using the television or video game console to babysit your child might be more detrimental than you think. The results of a two decade study show that actively participating in your child’s life could save them from severe personality disorder.
Anyone who’s played a particularly frustrating video game can attest to the therapeutic effect of dropping the F-bomb. The phenomenon has now been scientifically proven, and the man behind the research awarded for his efforts, sort of.
What if you’re most treasured memories from childhood were false? A shocking new study finds that one in five people fondly recall events that never actually happened.
Have you ever spent so much time playing a video game that you felt like a caged rat? That means it’s working. Cracked’s David Wong takes a serious look at how and why our video games won’t let us go.
Why would anyone spend 12 years working on a single game, with no assurances it’ll ever be finished. It’s called “escalation of commitment” – a classic good-money-after-bad bargain, and a psychologist thinks it explains Duke Nukem Forever.
Faced with a challenge, people are largely motivated by one of two processes – either the opportunity to demonstrate their talent, or the opportunity to improve it. Game genres also appeal to these processes, and their rewards
