Video games offer children and adults lots of stimuli – moving patterns, colors, flashing lights and they almost surely cause release of hormones that increase the heart rate and blood pressure. But what about the brain? Many of the video games kids play today overload their brain with stimuli – which leads to the question. ...
When I found out Bob Barker would be retiring from his 35 year career as host of the popular game show, The Price is Right. I became a bit sad and nostalgic. I had grown to love him not only as a game show host , but for his contributions to the plight of homeless ...
I bought this car for my daughter’s first birthday and it has been one of her favorites ever since she in now nearing two and a half. The stride to ride walker is both a walker and a car. The walker is for the baby who is just leaning to walk, and the car is ...
The eye is a complex organ. Proper vision requires the coordination many areas of the eye and brain. Seeing flashes of light in your vision is a sure sign that something has gone wrong. Unless you have a flashlight shining directly in your face, you should never spontaneously see flashes of light in your visual ...
Our eyes are like cameras. Light enters the eye through the pupil and reaches the lens. The lens focuses the light onto the retina, which can be likened to a camera film. The retina is a light-sensitive nerve layer or membrane at the back of the eye. It receives images and transmits them to the ...
In December of 1997 almost 700 Japanese children arrived at hospitals after watching an episode of the popular television show, Pokémon. A number of the children had suffered tonic-clonic, or grand mal, seizures. This photosensitive epilepsy was especially frightening, as it could occur in people who had never had a seizure before. The Pokémon incident ...
One of the most common symptoms of a migraine headache is sensitivity to light. While the sensitivity level varies from person to person, anything that worsens (or even causes) pain should be avoided as much as possible. This raises a few questions. Firstly, what effect does light have? Secondly, how in the world do you ...
