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15th July 2011 |
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Comments Off on Search engines ‘rewire our memory’
Internet search engines have changed the way that memory works, researchers have claimed. A study from Columbia University suggests that the ability to find almost any information
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18th February 2011 |
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Comments Off on Study claims that popular Facebook users feel more stress
A study published by researchers at Edinburgh Napier University stated that Facebook users with more friends suffer more stress and “neurotic limbo” from feeling they
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12th June 2009 |
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Comments Off on Can we really be addicted to the Internet?
The news that China’s parents are resorting to electro-shock therapy in an attempt to ‘cure’ their children of internet addiction is nothing short of terrifying. According
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2nd June 2009 |
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Comments Off on Susan Greenfield’s latest claim: playing video games to blame for financial crisis
Baroness Greenfield’s been at it again: in this month’s Wired article entitled, ‘Did video games make bankers more reckless?’
Rather bizarrely, Greenfield’s
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28th May 2009 |
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Comments Off on Video games v the novel: which moves you more?
I'm a very casual gamer, with a preference for instantly gratifying 'beat 'em ups' like the Tekken and Soul Calibur series or first person shooters like Time Crisis, but I love
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14th May 2009 |
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Comments Off on Why are we so willing to confess all online?
We’ve all heard stories of employees who leave derisory Tweets about their client’s hometown or teenagers who slate their job on Facebook and get fired. We are more open,
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5th May 2009 |
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Comments Off on Is Facebook really ‘bad’ for you?
Seemingly every month a new study emerges claiming that social networking is bad for us or our children. Rather unsurprisingly, given the perpetual desire of some parts of the
