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The Racing-Game Effect: Why Do Video Racing Games Increase Risk-Taking Inclinations? [PDF]
, 2009 The present studies investigated why video racing games increase players’ risk-taking inclinations. Four studies reveal that playing video racing games increases risk taking in a subsequent simulated road traffic situation, as well as risk-promoting ...
Kastenmüller, Andreas +13 more
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Getting Active with Active Video Games: A Quasi-Experimental Study [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Given the cultural emphasis on academic achievement and environmental constraints to physical activity (PA), active video games (AVGs) may be used to decrease sedentary behavior and increase PA of Hong Kong children. This study explored the potential of a school-based AVG intervention on sedentary time, PA, body composition, and psychosocial factors ...
Yan Liang +3 more
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021 Visual working memory (VWM) is the ability to actively maintain visual information over short periods of time and is strongly related to global fluid intelligence and overall cognitive ability.
Natalia Jakubowska +6 more
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Design recommendations for active games
Frontiers in Digital Health, 2022 Active gaming is a form of video gaming that requires full body motion or varying degrees of physical activity to play a game. While active gaming has regained momentum, the design and specific components of active games that make them engaging are ...
Pamela N. Martinez
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Playing Super Mario 64 increases hippocampal grey matter in older adults. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Maintaining grey matter within the hippocampus is important for healthy cognition. Playing 3D-platform video games has previously been shown to promote grey matter in the hippocampus in younger adults.
Greg L West +6 more
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Heliyon, 2021 The impact of action videogame playing on cognitive functioning is the subject of debate among scientists, with many studies showing superior performance of players relative to non-players on a number of cognitive tasks.
Natalia Jakubowska +6 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 BackgroundPeople with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) often experience reduced affect, mood, and cognitive impairments such as memory problems. Although there are various treatments for MDD, many of them do not address the cognitive deficits associated ...
Moritz Bergmann +6 more
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Methodological Innovations, 2019 Video game scholars examining the shortcomings of previous video game research reference the need for new and innovative methodologies. Existing video game research seemingly inhibits organic learning experiences by setting specific research targets or ...
Anthony Viennaminovich Gampell +2 more
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Detecting video-game injectors exchanged in game cheating communities [PDF]
, 2021 Videogamecheatsdestroytheonlineplayexperienceofusers and result in financial losses for game developers. Similar to hacking communities, cheat developers often organize themselves around forums where they share game cheats and know-how. In this paper, we
Blasco, Jorge +3 more
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The energy expenditure of an activity-promoting video game compared to sedentary video games and TV watching [PDF]
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2011 In the present study we investigated the effect of television watching and the use of activity-promoting video games on energy expenditure in obese and lean children.Energy expenditure and physical activity were measured while participants were watching television, playing a video game on a traditional sedentary video game console, and while playing ...
Naim, Mitre +3 more
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