Using biofeedback while immersed in a stressful videogame increases the effectiveness of stress management skills in soldiers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bouchard, Stéphane ^a   Bernier, François ^b   Boivin, Éric ^b   Morin, Brian ^c   Robillard, Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^c Clinique de Psychologie Cognitive   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPLOSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIRST AID; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; NORMAL HUMAN; RECREATION; SALIVA LEVEL; SIMULATION; SOLDIER; STRESS MANAGEMENT; AROUSAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84860485827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036169     Document Type: Article

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