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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag, Janina A. Hoffmann, Tim Rogers, Christian A. Yates   +3 more
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A damsel in distress no more: shifting the narrative of female leading characters in video games

Insights into Language, Culture and Communication
For decades, women have been the subject of several video game narratives, which relied on “saving the girl” as the main quest for many of these games.
Asmaa Elmously
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Recent Advances in General Game Playing

The Scientific World Journal, 2015
The goal of General Game Playing (GGP) has been to develop computer programs that can perform well across various game types. It is natural for human game players to transfer knowledge from games they already know how to play to other similar games.
Maciej Świechowski, HyunSoo Park, Jacek Mańdziuk, Kyung-Joong Kim   +3 more
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Video game characteristics, happiness and flow as predictors of addiction among video game players: A pilot study.

, 2013
AIMS: Video games provide opportunities for positive psychological experiences such as flow-like phenomena during play and general happiness that could be associated with gaming achievements.
Williams, Glenn A., Hull, Damien C., Williams, GA, Griffiths, Mark D., Damien C. Hull, Griffiths, MD, Mark D. Griffiths, Glenn A. Williams, Hull, DC   +8 more
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Geometry Dictates Neuronal Bursting via Calcium Store Refill Rates and Exposes Selective Neuronal Vulnerability

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The ER's continuous tubular network is maintained by ER‐shaping proteins whose mutation or dysregulation contributes to neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we show that ER morphology sets the speed of Ca2+ store replenishment between firing events. Disrupting ER continuity slows intra‐ER Ca2+ redistribution from extracellular refill (SOCE) sites, driving
Valentina Davi, Pierre Parutto, Yuyi Zhang, Tasuku Konno, Cecile Crapart, Raquel Pereira, John P. Franklin, Mosab Ali Awadelkareem, Daniel C Maddison, Michael J. Devine, Edgar R. Gomes, Joseph Chambers, Elena Koslover, Edward Avezov   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Australia 2014 [PDF]

, 2013
This report examines the role interactive entertainment plays in Australian households. Foreword We began national studies of computer game audiences in 2005 to widen the conversation about games and tackle stereotypes that prevented an understanding ...
Pascaline Lorentz, Trishita Mathew, Jeffrey E. Brand   +2 more
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Validation of Serious Games Attributes Using the Technology Acceptance Model [PDF]

, 2010
The paper introduces a conceptual model for the design of serious games and uses the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) for its validation. A specially developed game introduced international students to public transport in Southampton.
Richard Crowder, Lester Gilbert, Yusoff, Amri, Gilbert, Lester, Crowder, Richard, Amri Yusoff   +5 more
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GHRHR Deficiency Enhances Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival and Visual Functions in Experimental Glaucoma by Inhibiting Ferroptosis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Glaucoma, a major cause of blindness, involves retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration. This study shows growth hormone‐releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) deficiency preserves RGC survival and restores vision, unlike activation which only aids survival.
Yan Tong, Ming Ho Yam, Jiaxin Zhang, Lin Du, Linbin Zhou, Yolanda Wong Ying Yip, Bo Man Ho, Hemlata Bisnauthsing, Jiahui Li, Ivan Kong, Shushu Xu, Changzhen Fu, Karl K.H. So, Joaquim S.L. Vong, Ling‐Ping Cen, Ming‐Ming Yang, Khazeema Yousaf, Mai Har Sham, Sun On Chan, Poemen P. Chan, Chi Pui Pang, Clement C. Tham, Jing Na He, Jian Li, Wai Kit Chu   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Playing rogues

Eludamos
This article explores how video games, with no apparent connection to the literary rogue, still articulate Picaresque episodes and simulate Picaresque experiences through their intended gameplay and worldbuilding.
David Matencio
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Student participation in serious games design

, 2011
Serious games can be defined simply as games with an educational intent. These games are regularly positioned within a curriculum as simple teaching agents and often lack meaningful participation from learners in their development.
Bates, MI
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