EEG, HRV and Psychological Correlates while Playing Bejeweled II: A Randomized Controlled Study

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-192

  Russoniello, Carmen V ^a   O'brien, Kevin ^a   Parks, Jennifer M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bejeweled II; Casual video games; Electroencephalography (EEG); Heart rate variability (HRV); Mood; Physical stress

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYBERNETICS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATIGUE; GAME; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOOD; PHYSICAL STRESS; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEO GAME;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; VIDEO GAMES;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

BEJEWELED II; CASUAL VIDEO; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MOOD; PHYSICAL STRESS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 71749089271     PISSN: 15548716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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