This Research-Backed Online Tool Hopes to Banish Negative Thought Patterns
When a situation have a few possible outcomes — say, asking a friend for a favor — do you tend to assume the worst will happen? Not that they’ll be…
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Share Your Thoughts on the Psychological Benefits of Video Games
Read MoreDr. Jennifer Hazel and her team at Checkpoint are researching the psychological impact of video games, and they’re looking for input from people around the world. If you play games…
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Combat AI Is Being Used to Treat Mental Health Disorders, and It’s Doing a Fantastic Job
Read MoreIt’s no surprise that some major advances in artificial intelligence come from defense research — that’s where the money goes, with over half of America’s research and development spending focused…
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Machine Learning Successfully Predicts Childhood PTSD
Read MoreIn recent years, machine learning has been a fun diversion for most of us, bringing joy and horror equally with things like Cooking With Cthulhu and Google Deep Dream’s obsession…
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The World’s Largest Sleep Study is Underway, and Looking for Online Participants
Read MoreEver try to operate on far too little sleep? Noticed how staying on task gets more challenging, or how focus becomes slippery? The dangers of sleep deprivation are well-documented, but…
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A Different Kind of Brain Training Game May Reduce PTSD Symptoms
Read MoreBrain training games promise big results from repeating simple tasks every day. Generally speaking, it’s not that easy: repeating a memory-boosting puzzle every day for months is very likely to…
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What do violent games do to us?
Read MoreA lot of us who’ve grown up with games have a knee-jerk reaction when anyone suggests violent games could increase aggression — no, of course they can’t, right? And it’s…
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Researchers Studied the End of a Virtual World and Found Players Building Communities
Read MoreWant to know how people will act if we ever discover the world is about to end? Given an obvious lack of real world examples, you’d normally have to turn…