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Menopause Does Affect Memory Formation in Women Investigators at the University of Rochester were recently able to explain the memory problems that many women going through menopause have been reporting for decades. The team was able to determine that this “brain fog” indeed stems from a variety of changes affecting the brain. Menopause is a very dif...	16 March 2012 16:31 GMT

Study: Gamers Make Quicker Decisions A new study from the University of Rochester suggests that playing action-oriented video games allows players to make decisions 25 percent faster than a control group without sacrificing accuracy. The study focused on action titles that feature plenty of violence, the kind of titles that have usually been blamed for...	8 March 2012 08:26 GMT

Hormonal Response to Stress Dictates Temperament in Children A new study published in the latest online issue of the journal Development and Psychopathology shows that hormonal responses to stressful situations are what dictate children's temperaments.Kids take on different approach patterns to navigating threatening environments and new situations, but these behaviors ar...	11 July 2011 10:43 GMT

Playing Action Games Enhances Decision Making Ability A team of scientists from the University of Rochester has discovered that those who play action video games are better able to make the right decision when they are under pressure mainly because of a increased sensitivity to the things that happen in the world around them.The study targeted both players and non gamer...	15 September 2010 13:21 GMT

Violent Videogames Are Not More Enjoyable As most gamers have known from the days of Tetris, we're not playing videogames to enjoy our daily dose of over the top violence but to overcome new gameplay challenges. This is now a scientific fact as demonstrated by a study from the University of Rochester and from the firm Immersyve, which specializes in &ld...	20 January 2009 04:41 GMT

Keep Clear: Nano-Particles Coming Through Nano-particles can indeed breach our skin under certain conditions, including prolonged ultraviolet light exposure, new studies have showed. This happens because the proteins that normally make the human skin impenetrable to but a few outside chemicals loosen it, while cells grow after exposed to Sun light. Scientist...	2 October 2008 11:00 GMT

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