Assessment of computer game as a psychological stressor

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-374

  Sharma, Ratna ^a   Khera, Shveta ^a   Mohan, Amit ^a   Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Ray, Rooma Basu ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Computer game; Psychological stressor; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAME; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 33751166987     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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