Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Racial representation and gaming
My interviewee this time is André Brock from the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa.... The post Video Game...
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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Jayne Gackenbach PhD
Video games. Sometimes demonized, always compelling – and wildly popular, video games have become ingrained as part of our society. Yet it is still largely unknown how these games affect the...
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20 of 40 episodesVideo Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Violence and Video Game Play Revisited
We revisit the question of video game play and subsequent violence in my interview with James Ivory. He writes that... The post Video Games:...
Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Family Life and Video Game Play
This time I spoke with Pål Aarsand who has a PhD in Child Studies and works as a senior lecturer... The post Video Games: Brain Gain or Drai...
Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Problem Video Game Play and Genre
Luther Elliott, of the Institute for Special Populations Research, National Development and Research Institutes, New York, NY, and I talked....
Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Video Games Let You Be All You Can Be
Andrew Przybylski and I chatted this time about how ones sense of ideal self can be encouraged with the play... The post Video Games: Brain...
Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – What is a gamer identity or gamer culture?
This time I spoke with Adreine Shaw who is at Temple University . We talked about her research into video game... The post Video Games: Brai...
Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Video game technology supporting the elderly
On this show I chat with Hannah Marston who coauthored an article “Interactive Videogame Technologies to Support Independence in the... The...
Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Women in Gaming
The author of “Getting Women in the Game”, Shira Chess is the focus of my interview this time. She is... The post Video Games: Brain Gain or...
Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Culture-jamming activists in video games
This show is a conversation with Dr. Roger Stahl who is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Communication Studies... The post Video Games...
Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – A senior artists view of computers
In this show we are chatting with Fiammetta Rubin of the Naturopathic Educational Services in Philadelphia, PA. This interview is... The pos...
Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Transitioning between real and virtual
In this show we will be discussing the borders between virtual and real. My guest is Dr. Greg Garvey who... The post Video Games: Brain Gain...
VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Consciousness and the Avatar
Denise Doyle, of the School of Art and Design at the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom is my... The post VideoGames: Brain G...
VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Visual Arts and Gaming
This week we’ll be discussing the relationship between the visual arts and gaming. Here I do not mean the graphic... The post VideoGames: Br...
VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Music and Video Games
Dr. William Gibbons, Assistant Professor of Musicology at Texas Christian University, chats with me about the role of music in... The post V...
VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Self-discovery with Mindbloom
Our interview is with Chris Hewett, Founder & Executive Producer of a new social media and self-development tool, Mindbloom. A... The po...
VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Casual Games for Improved Thinking in the Elderly
This interview is with Garth Chouteau who oversees all surveys and research related to the health benefits of video games... The post VideoG...
VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Hello Avatar Author Interviewed
This is Dr. Jayne Gackenbach and this week on Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? we’ll be discussing avatars. What... The post VideoGames: Br...
VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Games for Health Journal Founded
This time we will be talking with the editor of a new journal devoted to games for health, Bill Ferguson.... The post VideoGames: Brain Gain...
VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Attention, Memory and Information Processing Advantages to Gaming
In this show we’ll be talking about various perceptual and cognitive advantages to gaming. Dr. Walter Boot is the director... The post Video...
VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Military and Gaming
In this show the use of games in the military is explored. In a recent study in the journal, Military... The post VideoGames: Brain Gain or...