Planning to do study cyberpsychology? There are many universities offering courses, ranging from a part-time curriculum to a a full-fledged two-year study. Cyberpsychology is study of human interactions with emerging technologies. And, most of the courses cover the following: Here’s a list of cyberpsychology courses : MSc in Cyberpsychology; Dun Laoghaire Institute …
Read More »Study links video game addiction to ADHD
Video game addiction is associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder, and depression, a study has found. Cecilie Schou Andreassen, doctor of psychology and clinical psychologist specialist at Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen (UiB), carried out the study with more than 20, 000 participants. “Excessively engaging in gaming …
Read More »AI achieves near-human efficiency in detecting cancer
A research team from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) method, aimed at training computers to interpret pathology images. The team trained the computer to distinguish between cancerous tumor regions and normal regions based on a deep multi-layer convolutional …
Read More »Why are we addicted to Google?
Google is slowly replacing books as our primary source of information. It’s quick, easy and most importantly, free. Answers to almost any questions can be obtained in a matter of few clicks. And, now, you can even use your voice to ask questions to Google. So all you need to …
Read More »Spotify’s gaming portal reiterates importance of music in games
Spotify, a digital music service, now has a hub from where gamers can listen to their favorite game music. Sources say the Hub has music tracks of both classic and newly-released titles. It’s called Spotify Gamers and is basically a curated list of soundtracks. Slashgear reports that the soundtracks on the list …
Read More »News from around the Web – July 31, 2016
In this edition, we have an article talking about the need to include psychology as a mainstream subject in schools, a study explaining why narcissists are attractive, a fascinating story on how scientists have grown a human brain in a lab! Keeping it real Education is the only means to …
Read More »India’s first cybersecurity centre to be set up in Bengal
The Indian government is finally taking concrete steps in tackling growing levels of cybercrime in the country. A centre of excellence on cyber security is likely to come up in Bengal. News agency Press Trust of India quotes State’s e-governance mission head, Abhishek Roy, as saying, “This will be not …
Read More »News from around the Web – July 16, 2016
We’re starting this weekly feature of presenting you the best psychology news from around the Web today. Every weekend, starting today, we’ll present you some of the best news from the world of psychology. What’s on the menu this week, you ask? We have four of them and all are …
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