Tag: Video games
Silicon Valley’s latest fad is dopamine fasting – and that may...
A. Trevor Sutton, Concordia Seminary
Silicon Valley’s newest fad is dopamine fasting, or temporarily abstaining from “addictive” activities such as social media, music, internet gaming...
Video games can bring history back to life
Bob De Schutter, Miami University
It is one thing to learn about history in a classroom. But as any visitor to a living museum or...
When does trash talking work?
Karen C.P. McDermott, University of Connecticut
The Abstract features interesting research and the people behind it.
Karen C.P. McDermott recently completed a study on trash talk,...
Mass shootings aren’t growing more common – and evidence contradicts common...
Christopher J. Ferguson, Stetson University
When 22 people were killed in El Paso, Texas, and nine more were killed in Dayton, Ohio, roughly 12...
Stop blaming video games for mass killings
Christopher J. Ferguson, Stetson University
In the wake of the El Paso shooting on Aug. 3 that left 22 dead and dozens injured, a...
It’s time to end the debate about video games and violence
Christopher J. Ferguson, Stetson University
In the wake of the Valentine’s Day shooting at a Broward County, Florida high school, a familiar trope has...
How playing video games can change your retirement
Bob De Schutter, Miami University
The teenagers who were hooked on Pac-Man in the arcades and amusement parks of the early 1970s are getting ready...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
