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Playing a violent television game affects heart rate variability

Author/s:

Akerstedt, T. ; Anderson, M. ; Ivarsson, M. ; Lindblad, F.

Citation:

Ivarsson, M., Anderson, M., Akerstedt, T., & Lindblad, F. (2009). Playing a violent television game affects heart rate variability. Acta Paediatrica, 98(1), 166-172.


Keywords:

aggression; boys; game play; males; physical activity; sleep; teens; television; tweens; violence; xbox

Health Topic:

Cardiovascular Health; Sleep

Target Population:

Pre-Teens; Teens

Publication Type:

Journal Article

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Feeling strangely fine: The well-being economy in popular games

Author/s:

Barr, P. ; Biddle, R.; Khaled, R. ; Noble, J.

Citation:

Barr, P., Khaled, R., Noble, J., & Biddle, R. (2006). Feeling strangely fine: The well-being economy in popular games. In W. Ijsselsteijn & Y. de Kort (Eds.),Persuasive Technology (60-71). New York : Springer.


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Health Topic:

Cognition; Mental Health

Target Population:

General Audience

Publication Type:

Book

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Video-game epilepsy: A European study

Author/s:

Binnie, C. D. ; Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite, D. G. ; Martins da Silva, A. ; Ricci, S. ; Rubboli, G. ; Segers, J. P.; Tassinari, C. A.

Citation:

Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite, D. G., Martins da Silva, A., Ricci, S., Binnie, C. D., Rubboli, G., Tassinari, C. A., & Segers, J. P. (1999). Video-game epilepsy: A European study. Epilepsia, 40(4), 70-74.

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Boys' and girls' use of cognitive strategy when learning to play video games

Author/s:

Blumberg, F. C. ; Sokol, L. M.

Citation:

Blumberg, F. C., & Sokol, L. M. (2004). Boys' and girls' use of cognitive strategy when learning to play video games. The Journal of General Psychology, 131(2), 151-158.


Keywords:

boys; children; game play; gender; girls; strategy

Health Topic:

Cognition

Target Population:

Children

Publication Type:

Journal Article

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License to chill! How to empower users to cope with stress

Author/s:

Ferreira, P. ; Höök, K. ; Jaensson, T.; Sanches, P.

Citation:

Ferreira, P., Sanches, P., Höök, K., & Jaensson, T. (2008). License to chill! How to empower users to cope with stress. In Proceedings of the 5th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer interaction: Building Bridges (Lund, Sweden, October 20 - 22, 2008). NordiCHI '08, vol. 358. New York, NY: ACM.

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Robot-based hand motor therapy after stroke

Author/s:

Cramer, S. C.; Der-Yeghiaian, L. ; Motiwala, R. ; Rehan, V. L. ; Takahashi, C. D.

Citation:

Takahashi, C. D., Der-Yeghiaian, L., Rehan, V. L., Motiwala, R., & Cramer, S. C. (2008). Robot-based hand motor therapy after stroke. Brain: A Journal of Neurology, 131(2), 425-437.

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When distractions fails: Parental anxiety and children's responses to distraction during cancer procedures

Author/s:

Dahlquist, L. M. ; Pendley, J.

Citation:

Dahlquist, L. M., & Pendley, J. (2005). When distractions fails: Parental anxiety and children's responses to distraction during cancer procedures. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 30(7), 623-628.


Keywords:

anxiety; cancer; chemotherapy; children; distress; educational; pain; parents; touch & discover

Health Topic:

Cancer; Mental Health; Pain

Target Population:

Children; Young Children

Publication Type:

Journal Article

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Computerized training of working memory in children with adhd: A randomized, controlled trial

Author/s:

Dahlstrom, K. ; Fernell, E. ; Forssberg, H. ; Gillberg, C. G. ; Gustafsson, P. ; Johnson, M. ; Klingberg, T. ; Olesen, P. J. ; Westerberg, H.

Citation:

Klingberg, T., Fernell, E., Olesen, P. J., Johnson, M., Gustafsson, P., Dahlstrom, K.,...Westerberg, H. (2005). Computerized training of working memory in children with adhd: A randomized, controlled trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 44(2), 177-186.

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