Children comprise one of the largest consumer groups of technology. Sleep is fundamental to optimal functioning during childhood, including health and behavior. The purpose of this study was to explore bedtime electronic use and its impact on 3 health consequences-sleep quantity and quality, inattention, and body mass index. Parents of 234 children, ages 8 to 17 years, were surveyed to quantify...

Background: Robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) has become widely used for mediastinal procedures since 2018 when it was included in insurance coverage Japan. Few studies have compared the surgical outcomes of RATS with more established video-assisted (VATS) approach to surgery. We aimed compare perioperative VATS and examine advantages a single institutional cohort.

− 1 − *Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine Corresponding author: Kwhanmien Kim, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, 50, Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea (Tel) 82-2-3410-3485 (Fax) 82-2-3410-6986 (E-mail) kmkim0070@skku...

In this report, we give an overview of research and development of serious video games. Firstly, we briefly look at the history of (digital) video game. We discuss different types of video game and introduce the concept of serious game. In the following, we review the important aspects of technology development for general video games and serious games. We further discuss the critical elements ...

OBJECTIVE Using a mixed model design, this study examined the effects of interactive versus passive distraction on healthy preschool-aged children's cold pressor pain tolerance. METHODS Sixty-one children aged 3-5 years were randomly assigned to one of the following: interactive distraction, passive distraction, or no distraction control. Participants underwent a baseline cold pressor trial f...

This article responds to five comments on my "Angry Birds" meta-analysis of video game influences on children (Ferguson, 2015, this issue). Given ongoing debates on video game influences, comments varied from the supportive to the self-proclaimed "angry," yet hopefully they and this response will contribute to constructive discussion as the field moves forward. In this reply, I address some mis...

Research on the impact of action video game playing has revealed performance advantages on a wide range of perceptual and cognitive tasks. It is not known, however, if playing such games confers similar advantages in sensorimotor learning. To address this issue, the present study used a manual motion-tracking task that allowed for a sensitive measure of both accuracy and improvement over time. ...

Whether video game play affects social behavior is a topic of debate. Many argue that aggression and helping are affected by video game play, whereas this stance is disputed by others. The present research provides a meta-analytical test of the idea that depending on their content, video games do affect social outcomes. Data from 98 independent studies with 36,965 participants revealed that for...