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[novapsyche]

Video games activate reward regions of brain in men more than women, Stanford study finds

Neighborhood ethnic density associated with risk of psychosis among immigrants in the Netherlands

Bacterium sequenced makes rare form of chlorophyll -- lives on infrared

The neural basis of 'number sense' in young infants

Gene protects adults abused as children from depression

Comments

[atdt1991.livejournal.com]

I honestly think the first article is putting the cart before the horse. I sometimes think scientists forget that our brain chemistry clearly changes with our behavior and mood, meaning if someone "isn't all that into games" for, say, reasons of societal expectation or disinterest in games in general, the chemical and electric activity will reflect that. In which case, you're really just experimenting to prove they're tied together, which is not news. Know what I mean?

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[forestdweller.livejournal.com]

Hear hear. I'd like to see how my brain lights up when I game, seeing as I'm female and an AVID (To the point of preoccupation) gamer.

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

Now we just need to splice a lichen with the chlorophyll d and seed it on Mars.