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Do video games reduce or induce stress? The effect of challenge and threat appraisals on stress and aggression when playing violent and nonviolent video games
Title
Do video games reduce or induce stress? The effect of challenge and threat appraisals on stress and aggression when playing violent and nonviolent video games
Author
Porter, Anne
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Psychology, Medical sciences
Description
Video game players report using video games for stress reduction, but previous studies have found mixed results when examining stress and video games, and fail to comprehensively measure all relevant psychological, emotional, and physiological str...
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF VALENCE AND AROUSAL ON PAIN PERCEPTION USING VIRTUAL REALITY MOOD INDUCTION
Title
EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF VALENCE AND AROUSAL ON PAIN PERCEPTION USING VIRTUAL REALITY MOOD INDUCTION
Author
Porter, Anne
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Computer science, Psychology
Description
Virtual reality (VR) distraction has successfully decreased chronic and acute pain perception in clinical and experimental settings, but the precise elements of VR that optimize distraction have not been fully explored. Research has suggested that...
THE ROLE OF SYMBOL CLOSURE IN VISUAL ENCODING: FROM PERCEPTION TO VISUAL ANALYSIS OF SYNTHETIC AND REAL-WORLD DATA
Title
THE ROLE OF SYMBOL CLOSURE IN VISUAL ENCODING: FROM PERCEPTION TO VISUAL ANALYSIS OF SYNTHETIC AND REAL-WORLD DATA
Author
Burlinson, David
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Computer science, Psychology
Description
Symbols and shapes are commonly employed to represent data in visualizations such as scatterplots. Practitioners, scientists, and automated visualization tools are reliant on empirical analyses of visual encoding strategies, taking into account th...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Biopsychosocial Intervention
Title
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Biopsychosocial Intervention
Author
Ray, Jenna
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Psychology, Medical sciences, Psychobiology
Description
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has made a striking impact on western health systems (Andrews et al., 2005). It is a costly illness psychologically, socially, physiologically, and economically. A common complementary treatment for IBS is the practi...