Timeless Beauty

Image by niallkennedy via Flickr Many studies in the past have claimed that video games, such as PC games or Xbox games , improve a player's cognitive abilities. However, a most recent study brings doubts to the veracity or accuracy of the claims. Walter Boot, an assistant professor in Florida State University's Department of Psychology, together with FSU psychology doctoral student Daniel Blakely and University of Illinois collaborator Daniel Simons, is critically reevaluating those claims. He says the methodologies of those studies were fundamentally flawed. It's possible the subjects of the studies already possessed high cognitive abilities, which helped them perform better in those games. He also says the ads for research studies looking for "expert gamers" already gear up the participants to perform at the expected level of expertise. This is not to say video games are bad for your cognitive health, but playing those games should be as a form of entertainmen...

Each of the four seasons -- Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn -- possess unique charm and innate beauty. By far, the season of Autumn reveals a multidimensional personality, which shifts from warm to cold and vice versa. The colors of Autumn -- fiery red, bright orange, and soft yellow -- brings a sense of warmth before Winter comes and covers every visible surface with pure white snow. Trees in mountainous regions change the color of their leaves faster than those growing in valleys and other low-level areas. However, the ritualistic fall of leaves from tress, shrubs and other plants actually reveals Autumn's chilly demeanor towards all living things. The Autumn wind often blows hard and fast from the far north, where most of the land is covered in ice. Thus, major couture houses in the world usually release a separate catalog specially created for the Fall season. During this season, all styles of clothing are made of materials that keep out the cold and retain body heat. In ad...