Other less active pastimes preferred to sport include surfing the internet (56%), chatting on social networks (45%) and playing video games (43%). In the week before the survey, only 34% of the youngsters had swum a length of a pool and just 46% had ...
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Study: Playing Video Games Might Reduce Attention in Children
By Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor Video games, like rock and hip hop before them, are sometimes blamed for all the evils that befell the youngsters of the ...
Video games 'can alter children's brains'
Technology that plays strongly on the senses - like video games - can literally "blow the mind" by temporarily or permanently deactivating certain nerve connections in the brain, the Baroness said. She told the Daily Telegraph last night: "The human ...
Video Games Used in New Treatment That May Fix "Lazy Eye" in Older Children
... new study conducted in an eye clinic in India found that correction of amblyopia, also called "lazy eye," can be achieved in many older children, if they stick to a regimen that includes playing video games along with standard amblyopia treatment. ...
How playing video games can boost your career
To be sure, videogames have long been thought of as distractions to work and education, rather than aids. But there is a growing school of thought that says ...
When Playing Video Games Is Not Just a Waste of Time
For the past 16 months, more than 200 people - everyone from shy librarians to video-game know-it-alls - have navigated their way into the Midtown offices of Large Animal Games and been paid $25 to work 45-minute sessions as video-game testers. ...
Indian youngsters at home with Chinese video games
Play stations and home video games are the new rage, with cheaper Chinese varieties vying for the lion's share of the lucrative gaming pie in India. Industry stakeholders say Chinese video games are giving branded play stations a run for their money ...
LV PARENTS: Should Boy Scouts get an award for playing video games?
Now along with astronomy, geology and learning to use a compass, Boy Scouts can get an achievement pin in video games. It has just been added to the Scout's ...
Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince-ly Secret: Playing Video Games
The Brokeback Mountain and Donnie Darko star may have buffed up and trained in gymnastics, sword-fighting, martial arts and parkour for his May 28 ...
Playing video games improves vision of adults with lazy eye
By LiveScienceTue, Sep 06 2011 at 4:06 PM EST Playing video games could help improve the vision of adults with lazy eye, scientists have found. WorldShares lets you earn donations for your favorite nonprofit. Earn up to 20 points now. ...
Survey: Women Enjoy Video Games More Than Sex
By TRACEY JOHN According to a new survey, women play nearly as much video games as men, and "enjoy" gaming more than they enjoy other activities, like working out, shopping, taking a bath and having sex. Commissioned by Doritos, the survey of 2052 ...