Brain

Symptom Scenes

"Symptom Scenes is an arcade game featuring a cast of cute characters suffering from Meningitis or Septicaemia. It's a race against time to recognize the symptoms and save as many as you can!

Game genre:
Action/Adventure
Educational
Entertainment
Puzzle

Health topic:
Brain
Emergency Response
Infectious Disease
Public Health

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Download
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Children
General Audience
Health Care Professionals
Young Children

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age
App
arcade
education
Emergency
game
Hospital
Learning
Life
Meningitis
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race
Response
Scenes
Septicaemia
Symptom
Symptoms
time

Social Tags:
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Medical emergencies
Meningitis
Symptom
Technology
XML

Game platform:
Handheld Device
Multi-Platform


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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

Social Tags:
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Medicine
Neurotrauma
Occupational therapy
Rehabilitation medicine
Therapy
Traumatic brain injury
XML

Game platform:
Computer

Publication type:
Journal Article

Target Population:
Patients


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Energy expenditure in adults with cerebral palsy playing Wii Sports

APA Reference: 

Hurkman, H.L., van den Berg-Emons, R.J., & Stam, H.J. (2010). Energy expenditure in adults with cerebral palsy playing Wii Sports. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91(10), 1577-1581.

DOI: 
10.1016/j.apmr.2010.07.216
Author(s): 
Hurkman, H.L.
van den Berg-Emons, R.J.
Stam, H.J.
Year: 
2010
Journal: 
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Health topic:
Brain
Disorders and Disabilities
Nervous System

Target Population:
Adults
Patients

Position:
Author

Social Tags:
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Cerebral palsy
Disability
Health
Medicine
Neurological disorders
Palsy
Sports media
Surnames
Van den Berg
Wii

Game platform:
Game Console

Publication type:
Journal Article


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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."

Game genre:
Educational

Health topic:
Brain

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Target Population:
Adults
Pre-Teens
Teens
Young Adults

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

URL:
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/split-brain/splitbrainexp.html

Game platform:
Internet

Person:
Roger Sperry


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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

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Social Tags:
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Health
Labor
Social Issues
Spinal cord
Spinal Tap
Starlight
Technology
XML

URL:
http://spinaltap.starlight.org/index.html
http://www.starlight.org/spinal

Game platform:
Internet

Target Population:
Pre-Teens
Teens


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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.

Game genre:
Educational
Music/Dance

Health topic:
Anatomy
Brain

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Social Tags:
Anatomy
Apple Inc.
Biology
Brain
CDATA
Education
IPhone
Le Cerveau
Technology
XML

Target Population:
Children
Young Children

Game platform:
Handheld Device

URL:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/morphonix-brain-train-lite/id412628358?mt=8
http://www.morphonix.com/every_body_has_a_brain.html


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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.

Game genre:
Educational
Music/Dance

Health topic:
Anatomy
Brain

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Social Tags:
Brain
CDATA
Neuroscience
Structure
Technology
XML

Target Population:
Children
Young Children

Game platform:
Computer
Internet

URL:
http://www.morphonix.com/every_body_has_a_brain.html


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Lumosity

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Description: 

"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."

Organization: 
Health topic:
Brain
Cognition
Mental Health

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online
Register

Social Tags:
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Luminosity
Lumosity
Physics
Technology

Events Facts:
Contact Details

Resource type:
Educational Resource

Target Population:
General Audience

Game platform:
Internet

Company:
Lumos Labs

Calais Document Category:
Technology


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Brains Rule!

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Description: 

"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."

Health topic:
Anatomy
Brain
Nervous System

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Social Tags:
CDATA
Douglas County, Nebraska
Geography of the United States
Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska
Technology
United States
University of Nebraska system

Resource type:
Educational Resource

Target Population:
General Audience

Game platform:
Internet

Province Or State:
Nebraska

City:
Omaha

Calais Document Category:
Technology

Organization:
University of Nebraska

Facility:
University of Nebraska


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Sheppard Software

Sheppard Software is a collection of free, online educational games, puzzles, and activities designed to teach young minds about health and improve understanding in various school related subjects.

Game genre:
Educational
Puzzle

Health topic:
Brain
Cognition

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Social Tags:
Brain Age
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Brain fitness
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Cognition
Nervous system
Neurology
Nintendo
Sudoku
Technology
Touch! Generations
Video games

Target Population:
Children

URL:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_menu.htm

Game platform:
Internet


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