Do Video Games Kill?

Thiazides: do they kill?

In 2000 and 2002 after the ALLHAT-study had been published [1,2] there was a paradigm shift in the use of thiazides. ALLHAT was a study of cardiovascular endpoints in relation to different antihypertensive treatments in 33 357 hypertensive patients observed over an average of 4.9 years. The study [1,2] found no differences between the three treatment groups [diuretics in the form of chlorthalid...

Do Not Kill Unfeasible Individuals

Any implementation of an evolutionary algorithm for a particular problem must address several important issues; these include genetic representation of solutions to the problem and genetic operators that would alter the genetic composition of offspring during the reproduction process. However, very often (in the presence of nontrivial, problem-specific constraints) it is also necessary to devel...

Do Action Video Games Improve Perception and Cognition?

Frequent action video game players often outperform non-gamers on measures of perception and cognition, and some studies find that video game practice enhances those abilities. The possibility that video game training transfers broadly to other aspects of cognition is exciting because training on one task rarely improves performance on others. At first glance, the cumulative evidence suggests a...

Do genes allow inflammation to kill or not to kill?

Video Games

The authors review recent research that reveals how today’s video games instantiate naturally and effectively many principles psychologists, neuroscientists, and educators believe critical for learning. A large body of research exists showing that the effects of these games are much broader. In fact, some types of commercial games have been proven to enhance basic perceptual and cognitive skill...