Games & Well-Being Study
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 12 - 15 |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | June 2013 |
| End Date: | May 2015 |
Neural Correlates of Video Game Based Training to Foster Mindfulness and Prosocial Skills in Adolescents
This project is focused on the neural and behavioral correlates of two different videos
games that will be used as training tools. The two video games, developed by the Games
Learning Society research group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) and the
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, are tailored to train mindfulness, particularly the
regulation of attention; and prosocial behavior, especially sensitivity to others, in
adolescents. This study will evaluate the hypothesis that systematic playing of mindfulness
and prosocial games will change brain function in specific attentional, social and emotional
circuits in potentially beneficial ways, and will impact performance on cognitive tasks of
attention, and on measures of social cue perception and the propensity to share and behave
altruistically. The investigators will employ behavioral and functional MRI-based
neuroimaging measures to evaluate the investigators hypothesis.
games that will be used as training tools. The two video games, developed by the Games
Learning Society research group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) and the
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, are tailored to train mindfulness, particularly the
regulation of attention; and prosocial behavior, especially sensitivity to others, in
adolescents. This study will evaluate the hypothesis that systematic playing of mindfulness
and prosocial games will change brain function in specific attentional, social and emotional
circuits in potentially beneficial ways, and will impact performance on cognitive tasks of
attention, and on measures of social cue perception and the propensity to share and behave
altruistically. The investigators will employ behavioral and functional MRI-based
neuroimaging measures to evaluate the investigators hypothesis.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Fluent English speaker
- Enrolled in 7th or 8th grade
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently on psychotropic medications
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