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Research explores video games, violence
Research shows that people who play video games are more likely to carry out their aggression. A new study led by Dr. Daniel Shafer, an assistant professor of communication studies at Baylor U., aims to examine the effects video games have on people's aggression levels.
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Study: Magnetic stimulation can influence decision-making
Left or right? The findings of U. California-Berkeley researchers have lent insight into the neural process that controls which hand is chosen to complete everyday tasks, challenging previous assumptions about how motor-related decisions are made.
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Column: The kids aren’t alright
This past April as I was finishing a test for my political science class, my fiancee Lisa sent me a text message saying that we needed to talk. On my way home from class I called her, and what she told me made the Los Angeles sun feel a little warmer.
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The good, the bad and the caffeinated
For some people, not having coffee in the morning is a grande problem. With coffee being one of the main sources of the average person’s caffeine intake, it is a good idea to know the benefits and risks involved.
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U. Nebraska-Lincoln University Health Center focuses on treatment of concussions
U. Nebraska-Lincoln intramural and recreation sports are in full swing this semester, and for medical staff on campus this means it's concussion season.
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Researchers use fruit flies, rats to study link between schizophrenia, hallucinogens
For Charles Nichols, a typical day at work involves a hefty dose of hallucinogens, thousands of flies and frozen rat brains. Nichols and his father are tag-team researchers exploring the effects of mind-bending drugs on schizophrenia.
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Device monitors families’ stove usage
About 1.9 million people in developing countries die from toxic emissions from their stoves annually, an issue U. California-Berkeley global environmental health professor Kirk Smith hopes to combat through the development of a device to monitor how families use their stoves.
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Column: Marijuana legalization would save California economy
There are pivotal tipping points in which countries must make important decisions - decisions that will drastically affect the their future. This will be one of those situations. For decades, a growing population of America's citizens have cried for marijuana to be legalized.
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Study advocates later start to school day to allow students more sleep
Thanks to a study conducted by Judith Owens, associate professor of pediatrics at the Alpert Medical School, more high schools could push back their daily schedules to better accommodate their students' sleeping patterns. Owens conducted an experiment at St. George's School in Newport, R.I.
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