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Video Games

Known as: Games, Video, game video, Game, Video 
A form of interactive entertainment in which the player controls electronically generated images that appear on a video display screen. This includes… 
National Institutes of Health

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Play and Playthings

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Enhancing Cognition with Video Games: A Multiple Game Training Study
Background Previous evidence points to a causal link between playing action video games and enhanced cognition and perception… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Learning, Attentional Control, and Action Video Games
Review
2010
Review
2010
Video Games and Spatial Cognition
Video game enthusiasts spend many hours at play, and this intense activity has the potential to alter both brain and behavior. We… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Serious Video Games for Health: How Behavioral Science Guided the Development of a Serious Video Game
Serious video games for health are designed to entertain players while attempting to modify some aspect of their health behavior… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Increasing Speed of Processing With Action Video Games
In many everyday situations, speed is of the essence. However, fast decisions typically mean more mistakes. To this day, it… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Video Games: A Route to Large-Scale STEM Education?
Video games have enormous mass appeal, reaching audiences in the hundreds of thousands to millions. They also embed many… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Longitudinal Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggression in Japan and the United States
CONTEXT. Youth worldwide play violent video games many hours per week. Previous research suggests that such exposure can increase… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Energy expended playing video console games: an opportunity to increase children's physical activity?
This study sought to quantify the energy expenditure and physical activity associated with playing the "new generation" active… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Effect of action video games on the spatial distribution of visuospatial attention.
The authors investigated the effect of action gaming on the spatial distribution of attention. The authors used the flanker… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A Theoretical Model of the Effects and Consequences of Playing Video Games.
Though there has been considerable discussion of video game effects in several research literatures, theoretical integrations… 
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