BACKGROUND Many studies are currently researching the effects of video games, particularly in the domain of cognitive training. Great variability exists among video games however, and few studies have attempted to compare different types of video games. Little is known, for instance, about the cognitive processes or brain structures that underlie learning of different genres of video games. O...

As hemophilia is a chronic bleeding diseaseand can interfere with daily performanceof children, these children require continuoustraining to prevent bleeding and take timely action(1). Since children nurses play an important role inthe education of involved children and their Selfefficacyand also due to today’s approach whichis using educational computer games, the use ofeducational games in re...

ing Knowledge from Annotated Chinese-Chess Game Records Bo-Nian Chen , Pangfang Liu, Shun-Chin Hsu, and Tsan-sheng Hsu 1 Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan {r92025,pangfeng}@csie.ntu.edu.tw 2 Department of Information Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan [email protected] 3 Institute of Information Sc...

In the introduction to Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century, the author declares that the experiments described in her book “deserve to be not only reported on as research, but also celebrated as story” (p. 3). It is unfortunate that in telling these stories, too much of the science that is also part of the story is sacrificed. The book focuses on pers...

With the development of the Stoke Mandeville Games, the standard of performance has increased steadily. The skill attained in some of the team games is quite amazing. This applies, in particular, to wheelchair basketball. This sport has become one of the great attractions of the Stoke Mandeville Games and has provided not only great excitement and satisfaction for the players but also considera...

This work reveals the benefits obtained from an innovative pedagogical experience based on the use of a game console as the platform to teach Computer Architecture. This paper shows how the selection of an appropriate platform, not only motivates students, but also helps them to acquire the theoretical concepts by means of real applications. The Nintendo DS console turns out to be a great platf...