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Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week.
Dr. Shock says that Internet and Video Games Improve Reading Skills and Visual Spatial Skills in Children. If the kids are initially low in those skills, at least.
At the Global Change blog: Do women and men differ in their acceptance of climate warming?
Religion messes with your mind, but not in the way you might think. BPS Research Digest explains how religion causes a chronic biasing of visual attention.
Finally, at Addiction Inbox: Sex, drugs, and...sex. Dirk Hanson considers sexual performance and pharmaceuticals.