The day school let out for the summer, my daughter and I packed our bags for Britain, where we had lived for a few months in 2006. Annie was eager to reconnect with her friends there, and I had arranged to conduct three interviews. In desperation and with the clock ticking, I struggled to fit my bulky recorder into my wheelie when it dawned on me that the ‘‘talk app’’ on my daughter’s iphone sh...

BACKGROUND Watching three-dimensional television (3D TV) may strain the eyes. However, other potential harmful effects of 3D TV watching have been rarely investigated. The current study examined the impact of 3D TV watching on neurophysiological responses and cognitive functioning as compared with two-dimensional TV (2D TV) watching. METHODS A total of 72 individuals were randomly assigned to...

We investigated the effects of laughing and weeping induced by watching comedy and tragedy videos on mood and autonomic nervous function. Ten healthy female subjects volunteered for the experiment. Chest electrocardiogram and respiration curve were recorded before, after, and during watching a comedy or a tragedy video. We also asked them to fill out profiles of mood states (POMS) to evaluate t...

introduction: physical inactivity is one of the cardiovascular disease (cvd) risk factors. watching tv is a predictor of inactivity which is related to cvd risk factors and obesity. the objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of leisure-time physical activity and television watching on atherosclerosis risk factors in housewives and employees. materials & methods: in a cross sectio...

Several things, that were not all of my own choosing, have conspired to keep me out of active participation in membrane events for a while. But the spectator sport that I call "membrane watching" is far from dull. It may be as rewarding as such things as birds, Congress, girls, bali games, or the Berkeley campus-particularly when you feel yourself somewhat qualified. Of course you lose the trem...