investiGaming - Research Findings on Gender and Games

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investiGaming is a publication of the Serious Game Design group in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University, 2007-2009

This gateway is partially supported by grant 0631771 from the National Science Foundation.

The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent Michigan State University or the National Science Foundation.

Brain Research

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Brandt, Michelle (2005)

Stanford Report, November 9, 2005.

Synopsis:

20 healthy adults (10 men and 10 women) viewed 70 black-and-white cartoons and then rated the cartoons on a 1-to-10 “funniness scale.” During the screenings, functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to monitor participants’ brain function. 

Keywords:

journal, report, brain research, humor, motivations

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Cherney, Isabelle Denise (2001)


dissertation, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Synopsis:

A study involving 160 children between ages 5 and 13, and adults, to study whether there are gender differences in memory, especially recall of sex-stereotyped toy pictures.

Keywords:

academia, case study, gender stereotypes, brain research, toys

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Hoeft, F., Watson, C. L., Kesler, S. R., Bettinger, K. E., Reiss, A. L. (2008)


Journal of Psychiatric Research, Mar;42(4):253-8

Synopsis:

A neurological study of the mesocorticolimbic system of both male and female brains compares difference in activation during game play.

Keywords:

brain research, journal, motivations

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Hoeft, Fumiko, Christa L. Watson, Shelli R. Kesler, Keith E. Bettinger and Allan L. Reiss (2008)


Journal of Psychiatric Research

Synopsis:

22 young adults (11 men and 11 women) played numerous 24-second intervals of a game while a functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, machine measured which parts of their brains were active during game play.

Keywords:

journal, brain research, motivations, survey,

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Holmes, Bob (2009)


New scientist, February 23

Synopsis:

Ten male and 10 female volunteers viewed photographs of urban and natural sceneswhil electrical activity of their brains was measured.

Keywords:

academic, media-press, experiment, spatial cognition,brain research

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Holmes, Bob (2009)


New scientist, February 23

Synopsis:

Ten male and 10 female volunteers viewed photographs of urban and natural sceneswhil electrical activity of their brains was measured.

Keywords:

academic, media-press, experiment, spatial cognition,brain research

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Kimura, Doreen (2002)


Scientific American

Synopsis:

Men and women display patterns of behavioral and cognitive differences that reflect varying hormonal influences on brain development.

Keywords:

academia, journal, brain research,

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Knutson, Brian, Wimmer, G. Elliott, Kuhnen, Camelia, and Winkielman, Piotr (2008)


Neuroreport. 19(5):509-513, March 26

Synopsis:

Uses event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging to study the relationship between viewing rewarding stimuli (erotic pictures for 15 heterosexual men) and financial risk taking.

Keywords:

brain research, journal, academia,

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Wang, Jiongjiong, Marc Korczykowski,, Hengyi Rao, Yong Fan, John Pluta, Ruben C. Gur, Bruce S. McEwen and John A. Detre (2007)


Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 2(3):227-239; doi:10.1093/scan/nsm018

Synopsis:

In order to study the differences in how males and females cope with stress, perfusion based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used in order to to measure cerebral blood flow (CBF) responses to mild and moderate stress in 32 healthy people (16 males and 16 females). 

Keywords:

journal, academia, brain research, psychology,

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