Background Using commercial off-the-shelf video games rather than custom-made computer
games could have several advantages for reducing stress and anxiety, including their low …

Background: Despite the variety of available treatments for mental health symptoms, many
individuals do not engage with treatment and among those who do, dropout rates are often …

Objective To assess the potential effectiveness of playing a simple, casual video game
(Flower) in reducing stress relative to participating in a mindfulness-meditation session …

Simple Summary Genesis and definition of the VGT® approach. Abstract Video games have
been increasingly used as a form of therapy for various mental health conditions. Research …

Playing digital games can be an effective means of recovering from daily work strain.
However, limited research has examined which player experiences contribute to this …

This study investigated whether indoor plants were as effective as a guided meditation for
enabling psychological recovery after fatigue induced by the abbreviated vigilance task …

Games, including video games have long been associated with both rhetorics of progress
and frivolity, simultaneously recruiting efforts to employ games toward furthering cognitive …

The number of studies on work breaks and the importance of this subject is growing rapidly,
with research showing that work breaks increase employees' wellbeing and performance …

Interactive and immersive technologies such as video games, exergames, and virtual reality
are typically regarded as entertainment mediums. They also offer a multitude of health and …

Mindfulness has received growing attention in recent years as a method for improving well-
being. Closely connected is flow, the state of mind one achieves when completely absorbed …