New genre of video games target mental health
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LOS ANGELES, Feb 8 (Reuters Life!) - It's not all fun and violence in video games, according to makers of a new genre of games which claim to boost players' mental health and self-esteem.
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In an effort to educate the nation's neediest children on nutrition, a new project uses the familiar medium of video games to broadcast its message.
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Medical practitioners raise concerns about a new breed of videogame that would allow users to control gameplay using thoughts alone.
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Video games have rarely been known for the artistry of their animation. All that is changing this week with the release of Insomniac Gamesâ Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction.
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Henry Jenkins  and his observations on social responsibility in Chinese video game culture.
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TRENTON, NJ A video game may be the best thing to help children feel less anxious before surgery. A doctor in Newark, New Jersey, found that children who are allowed to play with a Game Boy in the operating
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Just over a year ago, Joe Barlow, a paramedic in Illinois, spent a week testing a computer game called Incident Commander, a training simulator that gives players a lead role in managing crisis situations such as terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
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Video games with action dictated by brain waves will be available by the end of the year, according to a Silicon Valley company that has created low-cost headsets.
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Using virtual-reality goggles, a camera and a stick, scientists have induced out-of-body experiences in healthy people.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- A study of adolescents finds that violent video games stir up the brain's emotional-response center while reducing activity in regions linked to self-control.
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God games, in which  players must control virtual people, could be educational, says research.
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A US surgeon working on a "tele-health" breakthrough has devised a way for video game warriors to feel shots, stabs, slams, and hits dealt to their on-screen characters.
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A workout is certainly one way to burn off some excess anxiety after a long, stressful day at work. For wound-up video gamers, though, it's a lot more fun to fire up the console and plow through endless waves of zombies.
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Teens who play violent video games show  increased activity in areas of the brain linked to emotional  arousal and decreased responses in regions that govern  self-control, a study released on Tuesday found.
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The military's videogame recruiting tool does more than just lure future troops. It also teaches the kind of medical skills that can help save lives.
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Video gamers relish violence on the screen but now players are becoming victims themselves -- of the latest gaming technology in which a wireless, wand-like device is used to direct on-screen action.
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(Indianapolis) - Indiana University researchers are trying to find out if playing violent video games can make people more prone to violence.