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Grow Your Chi

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Grow Your Chi

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In Grow Your Chi, players seek enlightenment so that their Chi Pet can thrive. To attain enlightenment, players click on smiles and their own name and avoid frowns and other names. This free, online game was developed by the Baldwin Social Cognition Laboratory at McGill University.

MouthPower Online

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MouthPower Online

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"The secret of a healthy smile is simple: taking good care of your teeth. And what's the best way to find out how to do that? Let Mouthie take you into the MouthPower laboratory. Experiment to find the healthiest choices about food, tobacco, and cleaning habits. Explore the history of dentistry and the story of your own teeth! Then create your own poster about healthy mouth habits."

Free Dive

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Free Dive

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Free Dive is a virtual reality-based adventure in which players hunt for hidden treasures in the sea and swim with dolphins and tropical fish. This game was developed to distract children from chronic pain by immersing them in an environment designed to be calm.

Smarty Pants

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Smarty Pants

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Smarty Pants is an interactive trivia game for the Nintendo Wii that offers a variety of questions designed to test how smart players are. Questions are tailored to players’ age; this game is therefore suitable for individuals of all ages. Players can also compete against other players activities such as a dance-off or a tug-of-war.

BrainBashers

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BrainBashers

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BrainBashers is a free, online collection of riddles, brain-teasers, puzzles, and games designed to challenge players’ mental capabilities.

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Emergency Room: Heroic Measures

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Emergency Room: Heroic Measures

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This game allows the player to experience what its like to be a real paramedic. The player must ask the right questions and use proper diagnostics to uncover critical information as you treat and stabilize each patient. The player receives detailed feedback on your performance at the conclusion of every case.

Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2

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Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2

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In this sequel to Trauma Center: Under the Knife, players assume the role of a surgeon who must perform an operation in each chapter in order to advance in the game. Players are presented with a variety of medical cases that require different surgical procedures and treatments. Surgical tools such as needles, scalpels, and forceps are available to players while performing operations.

Stroke Rehabilitation

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Stroke Rehabilitation

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Rutgers University and The State University of New Jersey developed this software program and gaming glove designed to help patients recover hand function after experiencing a stroke. This virtual rehabilitation system is based on the Microsoft Xbox . The gaming glove can aid patients while they engage in finger flexing and manipulating the images on the screen.