Beyond Play: Board Games Boost Math Ability in Young Children
A comprehensive review of research from the past 23 years indicates that number-based board games significantly improve young children’s mathematical skills. Board games based on…
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Cracking the Chess Code: A Groundbreaking Study Reveals Hidden Patterns in Openings
Using real data from an online chess platform, scientists of the Complexity Science Hub and the Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi (CREF) studied similarities of different…
Scientists Explain: Why Are Card Games So Addictive?
The researchers employed game refinement, the motion-in-mind model, and AI simulations to assess the impact of sudden movements in card games with incomplete information. A…
Artificial Intelligence Agent Is a Winner at (the Game of) Diplomacy
An artificial intelligence (AI) agent named CICERO has mastered the online board game of Diplomacy. This is according to a new study by the Meta…
NIH-Funded Game Will Pay You To Quit Smoking
Hennepin Healthcare researchers investigate a smoking cessation game The Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute is evaluating a novel method of quitting smoking by allowing participants to wager…
How Chess Plays Out at MIT: Shaping the Future of the Game
For decades, experts at the Institute have been shaping the future of the game. Chess has a long history at MIT that began decades before…
Tiny Game of Tetris Played Using a Laser Beam
Now this is what I call fun science. This micron-sized game of Tetris was developed by students from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam), who are…