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BioWare Focuses On Bringing Story and Emotion to New Genres

Developer BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts have finally managed to launch their MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic but one leading developer working for the two companies says that they are eager to deliver their unique brand of emotion to other, new genres.Ray Muzyka, who is one of the leaders of BioWare and has r...

23 December 2011
17:31 GMT

Study: Violent Video Games Cause Less Frontal Brain Activation

A new study coming from the Indiana University Scholl of Medicine in Indianapolis has shown that those who play violent video games experience less activation in the frontal regions of the brain.The study focused on eleven adult males, with ages between 18 and 29, who had not been exposed to many violent video games ...

1 December 2011
20:11 GMT

Steve Jobs Understood What Caused People's Emotions

Asked what was the main secret of Steve Jobs’ popularity, Walter Isaacson explained to RIA Novosti interviewers why his death became such a tragedy for an entire planet.Having already revealed in his bio on Steve Jobs that the Apple co-founder was extremely sensible, Isaacson reiterates, “I think he was a...

10 November 2011
07:20 GMT

Music Influences Education and Emotion

Music has been with people since the beginning of time, and scientists now think it's safe to say that its influence most likely has been vastly underestimated. A new, extensive review of the scientific literature on the effects of music on humans shows that listening to one's favorite sounds is very likely...

21 July 2010
10:18 GMT

Women Spend 16 Months of Their Life Crying

They don’t call women crybabies for no reason, or at least, they don’t do so unjustly. A new survey has revealed that, ever since they are born and until their final days, women cry for about one year and four months without stopping, which amounts to 12,000 hours in tears for reasons that can range from ...

12 August 2009
15:31 GMT

A Woman’s Face Is Easy to Read, Survey Shows

It has often been said that women wear their heart on their sleeve and, to some extent, it is true. A new study performed in the UK comes to show that, when it boils down to expressing emotions or even giving away certain defining traits of their character, females rank higher than men, in that their face is easier t...

12 February 2009
15:41 GMT

Robots Should Pose No Threat to Humans

The exponential progress of technology helps specialists design and build ever more advanced machines expected to fully replace humans soon. They already look quite similar to us, or are able to chat, although they are much stronger, play musical instruments better, beat humans at chess, ride monocycles, drive cars, ...

20 November 2008
05:39 GMT

The Danger Sharpens Your Nose

The smell of a certain perfume can make you remember a lost love, while some stenches can bring you back unpleasant memories about an annoying ex co-worker. A new research made at Northwestern University and published in the journal "Science" shows that emotions are strongly connected to the olfactory sense, which ca...

31 March 2008
03:04 GMT

Stress Shrinks the Brain

Well, racking your brains does have its consequences. Stress is a big enemy of the brain, as showed by a new research published in the journal of Biological Psychiatry. Military combat implies the experience of an extreme stress, and many ex-soldiers involved in fights are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorde...

20 March 2008
04:09 GMT

The "Love Hormone" Could Treat Diseased Brains

Love is a physiological and physical phenomenon, as the architecture of your brain is altered forever by the love hormone, oxytocin. Oxytocin is released by the brain with every touch, hug, or during the bonding of a mother and her newborn baby, but also of a father and his child. Now, a team at the University of Cal...

14 February 2008
14:06 GMT

Attractive Men and Women Get the Best Jobs

Being attractive works beyond the sexual level. A new research, published in "Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences", connected the attractiveness level of the interviewees with the results of a job interview, specifically the offers from high and low status job packages."When someone is viewed as attractive, th...

7 December 2007
03:56 GMT

Sleep Loss Turns You Insane

No sleep is really bad for your body, the effects ranging from lowered immune system (meaning vulnerability to infections) to memory and cognitive impairment and weight gain. "Almost all psychiatric disorders show some problems with sleep. But scientists previously believed the psychiatric problems triggered the slee...

24 October 2007
05:13 GMT

Why Does Meditation "Let Go" Negative Emotions?

Meditation is like training for your brain. It has been proven to increase sensory speed. And now, a new research has shown that if you name your emotions, you can handle them. Putting negative emotions into words seems to calm down the brain's emotion nuclei, explaining the main goal of the meditation: to "let...

2 July 2007
03:51 GMT

Careless Bastards Live Longer ...

Do you experience an eternal anguish about what to do, how to do, when to do, if you do?...All about your surroundings, from partner to colleagues and the job, makes you nervous?Well, that's bad, 'cause you are not gonna live long. Psychologists say that personality traits are best described by the "Big Fi...

6 April 2007
04:22 GMT


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