Background Video gaming is an increasingly popular activity in contemporary society,
especially among young people, and video games are increasing in popularity not only as a …

Playing games can be one of the most important activities for children to improve their social
problem-solving (SPS) skills. Studies that have examined the empirical evidence of playing …

This new edition of the bestselling text, Nurturing Natures, provides an indispensable
synthesis of the latest scientific knowledge about children's emotional development …

Action video game (AVG) has attracted increasing attention from both the public and from
researchers. More and more studies found video game training improved a variety of …

The extent to which working memory training improves performance on untrained tasks is
highly controversial. Here we address this controversy by testing the hypothesis that far …

Background Cognitive tasks designed to measure or train cognition are often repetitive and
presented in a monotonous manner, features that lead to participant boredom and …

The appeal of video gaming has undoubtedly withstood the test of time. In view of its
increasing popularity, lay people and researchers alike have taken an interest in the …

This study investigated symptoms of cybersickness and postural instability experienced by
new users of head-mounted display virtual reality (HMD-VR), playing VR videogames over …

There is a demand for ways to enhance cognitive flexibility, as it can be a limiting factor for
performance in daily life. Video game training has been linked to advantages in cognitive …

For children to yield greater mental performance abilities in real world settings, training
approaches should offer practice in problems which have an affective component requiring …