Computer technology has revolutionized a wide variety of tasks from communication and scientific calculations to entertainment and education. However, any new tool or technology may be misused or may create unintended negative consequences. In the case of video games, technology has seen considerable success in entertaining users and teaching specific content However, what they teach depends up...

purpose despite the acknowledged impact of imagery on performance, ecologically sound studies investigating imagery and its effects on performance subcomponents in real games are surprisingly limited. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of imagery training on passing improvement in elite soccer players. methods sixty nine soccer players taking part in the national championship ...

Video game play has become a pervasive part of American culture. The dramatic increase in the popularity of video games has resulted in significant interest in the effects that video gaming may have on the brain and behavior. The scientific research to date indicates that some, but not all, commercial video games do indeed have the potential to cause large-scale changes in a wide variety of asp...

Serious games is an emerging genre of video games where games are created in order to teach instead of strictly for entertainment and many involve health related issues. We are creating a video game to help treat patients with chronic depression. The game scenarios will simulate a situational analysis with the added benefit of the patients being able to replay the scenario and see how different...

• Two experiments address a new mechanism why violent video games increase aggressive behavior. • Playing violent video games alters the perception of one's own aggressive behavior. • This biased perception in turn accounts for the violent video game effect. a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o Computer players often deny that playing violent video games makes them aggressive, which is in cont...