Brain

The use of a game to promote arm reach in persons with traumatic brain injury

APA Reference: 

Sietsema, J.M., Nelson, D.L., Mulder, R.M., Mervau-Scheidel, D., & White, B.E. (1993). The use of a game to promote arm reach in persons with traumatic brain injury. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 47(1),19-24.

Author(s): 
Sietsema, J.M.
Nelson, D.L.
Mulder, R.M.
Mervau-Scheidel, D.
White, B.E.
Year: 
1993
Journal: 
American Journal of Occupational Therapy
Health topic:
Brain
Injuries and Rehabilitation

Published Medium:
American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Medicine
Neurotrauma
Occupational therapy
Rehabilitation medicine
Therapy
Traumatic brain injury
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Game platform:
Computer

Publication type:
Journal Article

Target Population:
Patients


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The Split Brain Experiments

"In this game you perform the classic split brain experiment used by Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry when he discovered differences between the right and left hemispheres of the brain."

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Educational

Health topic:
Brain

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Young Adults

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Anatomy
Biology
Brain
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Central nervous system
Cerebral hemisphere
Nervous system
Neurobiologists
Nobel Prize
Roger Wolcott Sperry
Split-brain
Technology

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Ocean Breeze Games

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Health topic:
Social Issues and Skills

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Target Population:
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Teens
Young Adults

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Document
Technology
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Internet

Resource type:
Educational Resource

URL:
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Spinal Tap: Discovering the Secrets of Spinal Fluid

"Spinal Tap: Discovering the Secrets of Spinal Fluid is an interactive online game which was developed as a tool for children and teens ages 10 to 14 to actively explore information about the spina

Game genre:
Educational

Health topic:
Brain
Cancer
Health Care and Medicine
Nervous System

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Labor
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Spinal cord
Spinal Tap
Starlight
Technology
XML

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Every Body Has a Brain, Brain Train

"In Brain Train, children learn to appreciate how special and unique the brain is. You’re shown a sequence of pairs of items. One item in each pair has a brain and one does not.

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Brain

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Every Body Has a Brain

Every Body Has a Brain is a video game, 16 brain songs and website for 4-6 year olds funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health’s Small Business Innovation Research Program.

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Educational
Music/Dance

Health topic:
Anatomy
Brain

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Brain
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Lumosity

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"Luminosity is a site specializing in mental-challenge games to test your speed, reflexes and smarts. The site boasts that regularly playing games on the site will increase your mental acuity and smarts. Luminosity is designed to provide the brain with a 10-minute workout per day, which is said to improve the health and function of the brain over time...The site offers free accounts to new visitors, which requires only a valid email account. Registered users have access to a number of games that are designed to develop greater mental speed, memory, attention, flexibility and problem solving."

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Health topic:
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Cognition
Mental Health

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Game platform:
Internet

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Lumos Labs

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Brains Rule!

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"University of Nebraska at Omaha and several partner organizations are working together, to promote learning about the brain and nervous system among children and adults using new and exciting teaching methods. This project is funded by a Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse."

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Anatomy
Brain
Nervous System

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Douglas County, Nebraska
Geography of the United States
Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Technology
United States
University of Nebraska system

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Educational Resource

Target Population:
General Audience

Game platform:
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Omaha

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Technology

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University of Nebraska

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Philipp Lenssen

Developer of Games for the Brain, Philipp Lenssen writes, "I'm from Germany, currently living in China, and I'm doing this blog and my other sites & related projects full-time (before that, I worked as web developer for several years). I like to do a bit of everything, from drawing to programming, writing to trying to play around with music, and I'm always interested in the intersections among those areas."

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Organization expertise:
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Edutainment/eLearning

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Web Applications

Target Population:
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Location:
Germany

Game platform:
Internet

Person:
Philipp Lenssen

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Humana Games for Health

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Humana Games for Health develops health-related games and offers recent news, research, and links to play games that provide physical and mental workouts.

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Health topic:
Cognition
Exercise and Fitness
Food and Nutrition
Public Health

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