Every day, millions of users interact in real-time via avatars in online environments, such as massively-multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). These online environments could potentially be unique research platforms for the social sciences and clinical therapy, but it is crucial to first establish that social behavior and norms in virtual environments are comparable to those in the p...

This paper introduces RL Brush, a level-editing tool for tile-based games designed mixed-initiative co-creation. The uses reinforcement-learning-based models to augment manual human level-design through the addition of AI-generated suggestions. Here, we apply Brush designing levels classic puzzle game Sokoban. We put online and tested it in 39 different sessions. results show that users using A...

Background From the public health perspective, it is particularly important to establish links between a persons' perception of their own and predispositions undertake pro-health behaviours that enable them maintain proper functioning body. In case paediatric population, crucial emphasise adults are responsible for adoption development appropriate health-enhancing by children. The aim this stud...

Answers to the question "What are human emotions for?" have stimulated highly productive programs of research on emotional phenomena in psychology and neuroscience in the past decade. Although a variety of functions have been proposed and examined at different levels of abstraction, what is undeniable is that when emotional processing is compromised, most things social go awry. In this review w...

Embodied virtual reality faithfully renders users’ movements onto an avatar in a virtual 3D environment, supporting nuanced nonverbal behavior alongside verbal communication. To investigate communication behavior within this medium, we had 30 dyads complete two tasks using a shared visual workspace: negotiating an apartment layout and placing model furniture on an apartment floor plan. Dyads co...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This randomised controlled trial was conducted to estimate the cost-effectiveness of a nurse-led education and psychosocial support programme for patients with heart failure (HF) and their partners. BACKGROUND There are few studies evaluating cost-effectiveness of interventions among HF patient-partner dyads. METHODS Dyads randomised to the experimental group received nu...

BACKGROUND Psychiatric disorders and use of selective antidepressants during pregnancy can have negative effects on mother and infant postpartum. This study aimed to provide evidence-based recommendations on observation of antidepressant-exposed mother-infant dyads. METHODS In this observational study, mother-infant dyads were observed for possible consequences of either the maternal psychiat...