Science news articles about 'video game system'

Edmonton city police are warning parents that child predators are using new video game systems to lure children when the kids are playing games online.

Residents of a senior citizens home in central Newfoundland are proving that a popular video-game system isn't just for kids.

... the children owned a hand-held video game system. The widespread presence and popularity of screen time activities in children's lives makes ...

(AP) -- Nintendo Co. will launch the latest version of its portable video game system in the United States on April 5, adding two digital cameras and the ability to play with sound recordings.

... as non-pathological gamers. They also were more likely to have video game systems in their bedrooms, reported having more trouble paying attention in school, received poorer grades ...

... or an attached garage, to power televisions and video game systems. "This was a new experience for us. We usually have patients arriving in the emergency department with carbon ...

... in the hours that kids spend transfixed by these video game systems.  A new study in Current Directions in Psychological Science reports that regular gamers ...

(AP) -- Nintendo plans to launch the latest version of its popular handheld video game system, the DSi XL, on March 28 in North America.

... through the regular use of "exergames" – entertaining video games that combine game play with exercise. In a pilot ... played an exergame on the Nintendo Wii video game system during 35-minute sessions, three times a week. After some initial instruction ...

... Conference 2010. The study found the virtual reality gaming system was safe and feasible strategy to improve ... and is underway." Wii™ is a virtual reality video gaming system using wireless controllers that interact with the user ...

... of the Association for Psychological Science, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children ... for this study. The families did not own video-game systems, but the parents had been considering buying one for their kids ...

... may want to encourage moderation when it comes to their kids' video game habits. According to new findings in Psychological ... of the Association for Psychological Science, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children ...

... University have modified a popular home video game system to help teenagers with cerebral palsy improve hand functions. In a pilot trial ...

Nintendo's 3DS video game system might be hazardous to the health of children younger than 6, according to a warning posted Wednesday on the Japanese video game company's website.

... , motivating and novel. All of those are qualities of video-gaming, especially virtual reality systems in which players interact ... computer-based technology systems: three traditional video game systems (i.e ...