Action video game modifies visual selective attention

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Research indicates that action-video-game playing modifies a range of visual skills, like visual attention in habitual video-game players. Results suggest that perceptual learning although presumed to be specific to the trained task, in this case shows training-induced performance enhancement.

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Playing with fire?

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According to Craig Anderson, a psychologist at Iowa State University in Ames, the violent video games will influence a person in his behavior and character. The studies conducted to analyze the effect of such video games, conducted by Anderson, are depicted.

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Space station light show sparks aurora riddle

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Astronaut Ed Lu's shares his memories of seeing auroral light while studying earth's aurora from orbit. The salient features of the mysterious flashes of light are presented.

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