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Duke Nukem Sheds Light on Brain

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the how-could-it-not dept.

bodger_uk writes "The BBC is running an article on the use of Duke Nukem in long term memory research. From the Article: 'It has long been thought that sleep deprivation affects your ability to consolidate memories. To test the theory, the researchers gave the volunteers place-finding missions in a virtual city created in the Duke Nukem game.' Slashdotters already know that Duke Nukem aids long term memory research of course. Just look how long we've been remembering about Duke Nukem Forever!"

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  1. WHAT!? by joshsnow · · Score: 2, Funny

    /.ers already know that Duke Nukem aids long term memory research of course. Just look how long we've been remembering about Duke Nukem Forever!"

    That is so unfair!! Why should the article submitter also steal the troll which rightfully, belongs to the First Poster!? And every other troll in this thread!

  2. Sleep?? by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny
    TFA: The volunteers were then split into two groups: those that were allowed a good night's sleep and those that were not.

    That's no experiment! Any hardcore gamer will tell you, sleep deprivation is absolutely necessary for the full experience.

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  3. Summary of scientific findings: by ZombieRoboNinja · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can pee in the urinals to regain health.

  4. Teens these days... by GroeFaZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    You don't know what is was like, Back In The Days. Ain't had no fancy Duke Nukem Forever announcement, nobody promising us "This decade it'll be released for sure!", and you better damn well believe we ain't had no Phantom console announced. Basically we had to make up our own vapourware! We did have the "Linux ready for Desktop next year", though. Aah, those were the days.

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  5. Details of the study by Bueller_007 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The study methodology was as follows:

    Researchers asked the subjects "Do you remember when 3DR first announced Duke Nukem Forever?"
    If the subjects replied "yes", they were judged to have a good long-term memory.