Videogames

Too Much of Videogames Hampers Study Time in Children

Playing video games may mean spending less time reading or doing homework, according to a new research on video games and children. Teenagers who play videogames spent 30 percent less time reading and 34 percent less time doing homework, said the study by researchers at the University of Mi...

Violent Videogames Attract Criticism Again

Even before its release on Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 2, Manhunt 2 is making waves across the world. Countries ban the game one after another, but it only seems to the hysteria. The game depicts the escape of an amnesiac scientist and a psychotic killer from an asylum and ...

Games for Health Conference Announces First Cognitive Health Track Powered by SharpBrains

...ealth and healthcare. "There is already a very active cognitive health videogames industry and field of research," said Ben Sawyer, co-founder of the Games f...and multiple sclerosis. "The convergence of interactive media such as videogames with cognitive science opens the door to innovative and scalable approaches...

Holiday Health Tips From Packard Children's Hospital

... How to limit screen time Make a budget. "Our team suggests a budget of seven hours a week total screen time, which includes TV, DVDs, videogames and computers," said Robinson, who's led multiple research efforts into the relationship between screen time and children's eating habits, weight gain...

Videogames in Biological Technology

Education conference to draw together games researchers

...ers will have the chance to combine their ideas on videogames and the learning process at the first annual Game...ol of Education. Gee has written extensively about videogames representing a different style of learning from th...e further maintains that there are benefits to how videogames will present the data just when someone needs it, ...