Tag: mental health
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Health messages – necessary, but harmful for mental well-being?
Špela Dolinšek Apr 2023 Health messages are a crucial tool during health crises. For example, during the recent Covid-19 pandemic, they helped raise awareness about the risks and influence of the pandemic and informed about behavioral recommendations and regulations intended to minimize spread of the virus. However, they can also be harmful. To illustrate the…
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Experiments Without Explosions
Marthe Möller News outlets often discuss scientific research investigating possible causal relationships between two factors. One such causal relationship that is frequently discussed in the media evolves around the question ‘Does playing violent video games make people aggressive?’ (for example, see these articles by CNN, The New York Times and The Guardian). But when it…
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Is the TV still the first screen?
Claire M. Segijn Attention When using multiple screens simultaneously, it is not possible to focus your eyes on both screens at the same time. People have to switch between the screens. This has consequences for their viewing behavior of both screens. In one study researchers combined a TV with a computer screen and found that…
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