Tag: technology

Researchers create gaming platform to study spatial learning and memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

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From the American Epilepsy Society (AES) press release via ScienceDaily: A behavioral test widely used on rodents to study spatial learning and memory, the Morris water maze (MWM), was recreated… Read more »

Study suggests cell phone addiction similar to compulsive buying and credit card misuse

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From the Baylor University press release via EurekAlert!: Cell phone and instant messaging addictions are driven by materialism and impulsiveness and can be compared to consumption pathologies like compulsive buying… Read more »

Study suggests comments, traffic statistics help bloggers feel empowered

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From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: Whether bloggers are writing to change the world, or just discussing a bad break-up, they may get an extra boost of… Read more »

Study suggests online attitudes predict individuals’ compulsive, excessive internet use

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From the Clemson University press release via ScienceDaily: Researchers are exploring how specific online communication attitudes — such as individuals’ tendency for online self-disclosure, online social connection, and online anxiety… Read more »

Study suggests task management, organizational features on PDAs can help people with ASD in workplace

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From the IOS Press press release via EurekAlert!: Only 15% of adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States have some form of paid work. Difficulties related to… Read more »

Study suggests idea of “information overload” may be an exaggeration

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From the Northwestern University press release by Erin White: “Information overload” may be an exaggerated way to describe today’s always-on media environment. Actually, very few Americans seem to feel bogged… Read more »

Swedish study suggests smartphones have increased use of social media and computer games

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From the University of Gothenburg press release via Physorg: Over 60 per cent of Swedish young people today have a smartphone, and in addition to telephoning and messaging, they use… Read more »

Study suggests intensive mobile phone use affects young people´s sleep

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From the University of Gothenburg press release via AlphaGalileo: Young adults who make particularly heavy use of mobile phones and computers run a greater risk of sleep disturbances, stress and… Read more »

Study suggests unique features don’t always endear a product to consumers

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From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Consumers who are less knowledgeable about a product typically make choices based on differences that are easy to compare… Read more »