Monthly Archive for July, 2010
Violent Video Games as a Learning Tool
Video games have come a long way from the early days of Pong and Pac-man. Today’s games are sophisticated media that blur the line between fiction and reality. One of the most heated debates surrounding video games, and, especially, their playing by young kids and adolescents, is the explicit violence present in many action-oriented games. While many parents, educators and psychology experts worry about the amount of violence that pervades society, new research is leading gaming experts to claim that video games, even violent ones, are actually useful learning tools.
Beauty Sleep is More than Skin Deep
Insomnia is the most commonly-reported sleep disorder and leads to significantly decreased quality of life. Insomnia can also cause psychiatric consequences when untreated. Now, new research indicates that insomnia is also an independent risk factor for death.New findings from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, revealed that chronic insomnia is associated with a more than 2-fold increase in mortality. The risk remained high across all subtypes of insomnia: difficulty falling asleep, repeated nighttime awakenings, waking too early, and difficulty returning to sleep after awakening.
Peace and Conflict, Part 1 – The Research
Over the next little while, I’d like to explore with you research on peace and conflict. In this part, I will base most of my observations on an article entitled Rethinking intractable conflict: The perspective of dynamical systems, by psychologists Vallacher, Coleman, Nowak and Bui-Wrzosinska, researchers from the US and from Poland.Intractable conflicts develop their own cognitive, affective, and social mechanisms. They are self-perpetuating processes of thinking, feeling and dealing with relationships that end up distorting the reasons why a conflict started in the first place.
If You’re Happy and You Know It, You Must Be Over 50
Happiness is an often-sought quality in life, though its attainment can be difficult. Stress, worry, sadness, anger, and enjoyment are subjective measures of well-being that are defined by individual personality traits, as well as cultural variables and particular life experiences. However, new research suggests that one key to happiness may be easier to define: age. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that happiness is more consistent after age 50.
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