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		<title>Violent video games as analyzed by general semantics (Griggers, 2009)</title>
		<link>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/violent-video-games-as-analyzed-by-general-semantics-griggers-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wai Yen Tang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abnormal psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aggression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Camilla Griggers (California State University, Channel Islands) has published a weird paper about the use of general semantics, which is itself weird, in evaluating violent video games and how it lead Seung-Hui Cho to commit the Virginia Tech Massacre. I can&#8217;t get a hold of her paper, but just reading the abstract is enough to raise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vgresearcher.wordpress.com&blog=994159&post=669&subd=vgresearcher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time spent playing video games affects our personal income (MacLeod, 2009)</title>
		<link>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/playing-video-games-and-income/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wai Yen Tang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motivation and Emotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a freakonomics-type post. I stumbled upon a news article of an economics student&#8217;s research who found that for every minute of playing video games corresponded to a 0.4% decrease in personal income.
The nature of his data is from Statistics Canada&#8217;s general social survey. So we can&#8217;t make a lot of inferences or get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vgresearcher.wordpress.com&blog=994159&post=661&subd=vgresearcher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mature-rated video games and its association with problem behaviours among young teenagers (Olson et al., 2009)</title>
		<link>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/mature-rated-games-and-teenagers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wai Yen Tang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aggression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developmental Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=650</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I often wonder what kind of impact my blog has and to whom it affects&#8230;
Cheryl Olson and Lawrence Kutner (with colleagues) have published a study based on data that created their book “Grand Theft Childhood” and propelled their fame with the video game community. I became aware of this study through gamepolitics, the study didn’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vgresearcher.wordpress.com&blog=994159&post=650&subd=vgresearcher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GRE results</title>
		<link>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/gre-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wai Yen Tang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The results of my GRE indicate a good performance, however I fear the analytical writing section may be disappointing. Now on to the TOEFL, because two grad schools don&#8217;t give any exemptions for a Canadian applicant.
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			<media:title type="html">Janarius</media:title>
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		<title>College students blog posts on video game violence</title>
		<link>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/college-students-blog-posts-on-video-game-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wai Yen Tang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=637</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year, google alert sent me blog posts from undergrad students from the University of Oregon. I commented on some students on their take of the topic, which is of course video game violence.
This year, I stumbled upon college students from Brookdale Community College. Again, on video game violence (prof&#8217;s class assignment post). I read their posts, some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vgresearcher.wordpress.com&blog=994159&post=637&subd=vgresearcher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Janarius</media:title>
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		<title>Short-term effects of playing video games on attention (Tahiroglu et al., in press)</title>
		<link>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/short-term-effects-of-playing-video-games-on-attention-tahiroglu-et-al/</link>
		<comments>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/short-term-effects-of-playing-video-games-on-attention-tahiroglu-et-al/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wai Yen Tang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abnormal psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developmental Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=634</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In about a week, I’ll be doing my GRE and I have been delaying some readings to prepare myself, although I don’t feel that I would be ready by the appointed time. Well, here goes +200$ down the drain.
Gamepolitics reported a study from Iowa State University. Kira Bailey (grad student) and Robert West (faculty advisor) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vgresearcher.wordpress.com&blog=994159&post=634&subd=vgresearcher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pixel Counts vs Death Counts: Videogames, Wargames and Simulation (Mantello, 2009)</title>
		<link>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/pixel-counts-vs-death-counts-videogames-wargames-and-simulation/</link>
		<comments>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/pixel-counts-vs-death-counts-videogames-wargames-and-simulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wai Yen Tang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Mantello is a video game analyst and media studies lecturer at Ritsumeikan University (can&#8217;t find his faculty page), who examines the aesthetics, dynamics and politics of first person shooters. I came across this news article about his latest lecture at the Age. I searched throughout the internet for a video of his latest lecture, which is about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vgresearcher.wordpress.com&blog=994159&post=627&subd=vgresearcher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neils Clark&#8217;s ten game addiction fallacies (Clark, 2009)</title>
		<link>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/neils-clark-ten-game-addiction-by-the-media/</link>
		<comments>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/neils-clark-ten-game-addiction-by-the-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wai Yen Tang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popular media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Via gamepolitics, Neils Clark wrote a very thorough post about the fallacies of video game addiction perpetuated in the media and through society. Clark offered an expert opinion regarding video game addiction, many of the fallacies are focused on the nuances surrounding addiction research and gamer experiences. Although, he would&#8217;ve scolded me if he were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vgresearcher.wordpress.com&blog=994159&post=625&subd=vgresearcher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hormonal responses differences when playing against an ingroup or outgroup (Oxford et al., 2009)</title>
		<link>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/hormonal-responses-differences/</link>
		<comments>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/hormonal-responses-differences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wai Yen Tang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aggression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolutionary Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neuropsychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Via gamepolitics, this study examined FPS players’ hormonal responses towards an in-group versus an out-group in a competitive setting. I can understand the evolution part, but I’m a complete beginner in neurobiology, I can’t understand the entire results section.
Abstract
For 14 teams of three young men, salivary testosterone and cortisol were assessed twice before and twice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vgresearcher.wordpress.com&blog=994159&post=623&subd=vgresearcher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facepalm: TEEN GAMING ADDICTIONS ON THE RISE IN U.S. (The pinnacle schools inc., 2009)</title>
		<link>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/facepalm-teen-gaming-addictions-on-the-rise-in-u-s-the-pinnacle-schools-inc-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/facepalm-teen-gaming-addictions-on-the-rise-in-u-s-the-pinnacle-schools-inc-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wai Yen Tang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gullibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This (troubledteenhelp.com) came in this morning in my google alert mailbox and when I read the contents, well the above image is the best descriptor. The website reports on a study that found 10% of teens (wrong!) being addicted to online and video games, the study has already been discussed more than five months ago (See Gentile, 2009).
I don&#8217;t mind the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vgresearcher.wordpress.com&blog=994159&post=606&subd=vgresearcher&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Janarius</media:title>
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