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Video Game Loot Boxes Similar to Gambling

Neuroscience NewsJune 19, 2018

Researchers say video games that offer loot boxes containing items to give players an advantage increase gambling and risk taking behaviors in adolescents.... Read More...

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From a Sore Toe to a Broken Heart, Swearing Soothes Pain

Neuroscience NewsJune 1, 2017

A new study reveals swearing can help to alleviate both physical and social pain.... Read More...

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Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Examining ethical issues surrounding wearable brain devices marketed to consumers

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Neuroscience

Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Examining ethical issues surrounding wearable brain devices marketed to consumers

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Neurology

Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Like A Lot of Things, Women’s Gut Microbiomes Appear to Mature Earlier than Men’s

AI

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Robotics

Dog-like robot made by students jumps, flips and trots

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Psychology

Want to help the vaccine hesitant become pro-vaccine? Have them meet someone with a vaccine-preventable disease

Infants later diagnosed with autism seldom initiate joint attention

Unlike men, women’s cognitive performance may improve at higher room temperature

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Video Game Loot Boxes Similar to Gambling