Why don’t we play the same games depending on where in the world we live?
Some communities favor competitive games, others practice cooperative games. THE ESSENTIAL The first board games date back to ancient Egypt. ...
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Operating room: choose Mozart rather than AC/DC
In the Doctor Maboul game, men listening to rock made more mistakes than players enjoying Mozart or immersed in an ...
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Dementia: playing cards or betting on horse races lowers your risk
Playing cards or betting on horse races may help delay or prevent dementia in people over 65, according to a ...
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Seniors: playing online strengthens cognitive abilities
Online memorization and reasoning games help seniors improve their cognitive skills. Playing five times a week would give the best ...
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Play Tetris to free yourself from your addictions
Playing Tetris at least 7 times a day would make it possible to stop succumbing to the irresistible urges to ...
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Schizophrenia: a tablet game to improve patients’ memory
British researchers have developed an app to improve episodic and short-term memory in people with schizophrenia. To improve the lives ...
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Multitasking improves physical performance
Contrary to popular belief, riding a bike and playing brain-stimulating games at the same time improves physical performance.Doing two things ...
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Gambling: why some gamblers become compulsive
Slot machines and roulettes are games of chance. But compulsive bettors tend to see objective motives for doubling down.A man ...
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Alzheimer’s: brain games have no protective effect
Scientists sign a forum in which they denounce the "aggressive and false advertising" of games and brain stimulation exercises.If you ...
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Candy Crush: 130 million users and a lot of addicts
The Candy Crush online game brings together 130 million users around the world. It is often accused of being addictive. ...
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When the game becomes pain
By opening a site for compulsive gamblers, Inpes is trying to listen to people who are suffering. For their part, ...
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