Tag: BYU

Looking for a legitimate excuse to play video games instead of going to the gym? Bill Bailey has it. Bailey, a professor of Exercise Science at BYU, recently discovered that kids who play physically intensive video games can actually get enough exercise to meet federally recommended requirements for physical activity. In his study, Bailey examined 39 middle school-aged children, of various ...

Regardless of your spiritual or religious beliefs, it's impossible to contest that we live in the 21st Century, where we are constantly bombarded with information and multimedia. With that in mind, the conservative, morally minded Brigham Young University (BYU) Friday lifted a three-year ban on YouTube, the AP reports. The video-sharing network, according to university spokeswoman Carri Jenkins, ...

In news likely to upset every Nana who bought her grandchildren a brand new Nintendo Wii for the holidays, a recent study has linked video games to poor relationships and drug use. The study was conducted by researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah, who talked to 813 university students across the United States. They found that as the amount of gaming time went up for those individuals, ...