why are video games so additive?

Reasarchers belive kids and adults stay glued to video games because the fun of playing actually is rooted in fulfilling their basic psychological needs.we think there's deeper theory than the fun of playing says richard ryan a motivational psychologist at the university and lead investigating in the four new studies about gaming. they found that games can provide opportuities for achievement,freedom, and even a connection to other player truped a shallow sense of fun which doesnot keep players as interested.

are you aware? your cell phone can kill you

A cell phone ignited in a man's pocket and started a fire that burned his hotel room and cause severe burns over half his body,fire department officials said.Luis Picaso was in stable condition on Monday with second and third degree burns to his upper body ,back right arm and rt.leg , fire fighters arrived at the residential hotel on Saturday night to find Picasso lying on the bathroom floor after a malfunctioning cell phone in his pants pocket set fore to his nylon and pollster clothes.the flames spread to a plastic chair,setting off a sprinkler that held the fire in check. authorities declined to name the phone's mfg and model.news reported in various papers

crime investigation -brain mapping a new phenomenon

crime investigation -brain mapping a new phenomenon

this technique is a relatively new phenomenon in india,and has an extremely high success rate.it is again performed in a controlled environment. no chemicals are used . Prof. C R Mukundan,former head of the department of mental health and neurosciences,banglore , explains how this technique works.when a person performs an act in this case , a gruesome murder-the event is recorded in the brain is something called experential knowledge. by connecting electrodes to the head, brain signature mapping records the electrical activity and oscillations in the brain as a response to certain images he is shown. and can a person lie during such a procedure? unlike other process where questions are put to the subject,here no questions are asked,indeed,there is no need for verbal responses from the subject either ,so the issue of telling a lie doesnot arise.it's all do with the electrical impulses in the brain directly, and that's not something a person can control.