Study: Playing Certain Games Reduce Pain

This article in Gamasutra discusses a study by researchers at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia showing that certain types of video games, namely sports and fighting titles, can do a lot to distract players from feeling pain. The study, called Effects of Video Game Play Types on Pain Threshold and Tolerance, will be presented at the 2006 Undergraduate Research Day in Charleston, West Virginia.

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Experts worry that portable music devices are being played too loudly, resulting in damage to listeners' ears... read all about it in today's Chicago Tribune.

(My mother warned me about this!)

Circulation.

Wow. You probably have read about the web site that tracks the geographical circulation of money. Well now there is speculation that it could offer new insights into predicting the spread of infectious diseases like bird flu. Cool.

Scientists follow the money to predict epidemics

Photos.

Consumers Will Snap 228 Billion Images on Camera Phones by 2010, Says InfoTrends/CAP Ventures - published today in The Industry Analyst Reporter. Maybe we should branch out into the photographic paper business....

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