I just found this article on my newsreader for today, and thought it might be of interest to the group. The claim is that playing “Super Mario 64” apparently induces structural brain plasticity, which seems a pretty interesting finding. More…
Month: November 2013
Cyber bullying Incident – touches on victims perception and interpretation
Have been meaning to post this article for a little while. Sad to read stories like this, but this article is particularly interesting for a couple of reasons – 1) touches on the victims perception and interpretation of cyber bullying…
Computer games help stroke victims
A news report on one of the advantages of computer games. http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/19649250/computer-games-help-stroke-victims-recover/
The effect of digital technologies on memory
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/rebooting-your-memory-20131031-2whyq.html This article provides a reasonable overview of different ideas about what happens to memory when we outsource the storage of detail info (ie we don’t store things in our memory if we can look them up on google)
“Slow TV” from Norway
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-01/norway-broadcaster-to-show-12-hours-of-knitting/5065378 This is a strange thing – “slow TV” like the “slow food” movement, so that it’s reality TV without the hype. Does this mean that people actually need external mediation or regulation of “time” – it’s okay to spend…