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The Way We Play

Flinder’s University examined the postures of 62 individuals, recording their conditions before and after playing Positure’s games. The comprehensive process involved:

Autism and Gaming

The relationship between autistic traits and problematic smartphone use in adolescents: The serial mediating role of anxiety and executive dysfunction WEBSITE | PDF
Siyuan Zhou, Zongping Chen & Ya Liu

Video Games for the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review WEBSITE
Laura Jiménez-Muñoz, Inmaculada Peñuelas-Calvo, Pilar Calvo-Rivera, Isaac Díaz-Oliván, Manon Moreno, Enrique Baca-García & Alejandro Porras-Segovia

Designing Serious Game Interventions for Individuals with Autism WEBSITE
Elisabeth M. Whyte, Joshua M. Smyth & K. Suzanne Scherf

The Use of Analog and Digital Games for Autism Interventions WEBSITE | PDF
Gray Atherton, Liam Cross

Serious Gaming for Behaviour Change: A Systematic Review WEBSITE | PDF
Ramy Hammady, Sylvester Arnab

Video Gaming and Children’s Psychosocial Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Study WEBSITE | PDF
Adam Lobel, Rutger C. M. E. Engels, Lisanne L. Stone, William J. Burk & Isabela Granic

Autism and Posture

Postural Control and Sensory Processing in Preschool Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study WEBSITE | PDF
Marta Ferreiro-Pérez, Vanesa Abuín-Porras, Patricia Martín-Casas, Rosa M. Ortiz-Gutiérrez

Postural control and emotion in children with autism spectrum disorders WEBSITE | PDF
Nathalie Gouleme, Isabelle Scheid , Hugo Peyre , Magali Seassau , Anna Maruani , Julia Clarke , Richard Delorme and Maria Pia Bucci

Underdevelopment of the postural control system in autism WEBSITE
Nancy J. Minshew, MD, KiBum Sung, MD, PhD, Bobby L. Jones, PhD, and Joseph M. Furman, MD, PhD

Sensorimotor Learning and Control in Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Role of Sensorimotor Integration WEBSITE
Foster, Nathan Charles

Embodiment and Posture

Using bodily postures to reduce anxiety and improve interoception: A comparison between powerful and neutral poses WEBSITE | PDF
Felicitas Weineck ,Dana Schultchen, Gernot Hauke, Matthias Messner, Olga Pollatos

Postural responses to emotional visual stimuli WEBSITE | PDF
Thierry Lelard, John Stins, Harold Mouras

Embodied mood regulation: the impact of body posture on mood recovery, negative thoughts, and mood-congruent recall WEBSITE | PDF
Lotte Veenstra, Iris K. Schneider, Sander L. Koole

Gaming and Dopamine

Negative impact of daily screen use on inhibitory control network in preadolescence: A two-year follow-up study WEBSITE | PDF
Ya-Yun Chen, Hyungwook Yim, Tae-Ho Lee

Amount of lifetime video gaming is positively associated with entorhinal, hippocampal and occipital volume WEBSITE
S Kühn, J Gallinat

The Developing Brain in the Digital Era: A Scoping Review of Structural and Functional Correlates of Screen Time in Adolescence WEBSITE | PDF
Laura Marciano, Anne-Linda Camerini, Rosalba Morese

Neural Basis of Video Gaming: A Systematic Review WEBSITE | PDF
Marc Palaus, Elena M. Marron, Raquel Viejo-Sobera, Diego Redolar-Ripoll

Gaming and Posture

Applying Gamification Principles and Therapeutic Movement Sequences to Design an Interactive Physical Activity Game: Development Study WEBSITE
Hyungsook Kim1, David Michael O’Sullivan, Seong Hee Chung

Embodied effects of posture: Changing emotional and cognitive processes through the body WEBSITE | PDF
Marta Miragall Montilla

Upright posture improves affect and fatigue in people with depressive symptoms WEBSITE
Carissa Wilkes, Rob Kydd, Mark Sagar, Elizabeth Broadbent

Internet Gaming

Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder WEBSITE | PDF
Stefano Berloffa, Andrea Salvati, Giulia D’Acunto, Pamela Fantozzi, Emanuela Inguaggiato, Francesca Lenzi , Annarita Milone, Pietro Muratori, Chiara Pfanner, Federica Ricci, Laura Ruglioni, Annalisa Tacchi, Chiara Tessa , Arianna Villafranca, Gabriele Masi

The relationship between autistic traits and problematic smartphone use in adolescents: The serial mediating role of anxiety and executive dysfunction WEBSITE | PDF
Siyuan Zhou, Zongping Chen, Ya Liu

Posture and Creativity

Investigation into the Relationship between Posture and Psychology: The Psychological Ramifications of Forward Head and Rounded Shoulder Posture WEBSITE
Samuel Thomas Lauman

Restoration of motor psychomotor spheres in children with autism WEBSITE
Nataliia Vasylieva, Lidiia Drozd

Use of Mobile Technologies in Personal Learning Environments of Intercultural Contexts: Individual and Group Tasks WEBSITE | PDF
María Tomé-Fernández, Elvira Curiel-Marín, Elisabet Caraballo

Posture and Smartphones

Smartphone Usage and Postural Stability in Individuals With Forward Head Posture: A Nintendo Wii Balance Board Analysis WEBSITE | PDF
Weerasak Tapanya, PhD, Noppharath Sangkarit, PhD

Technologies in Home-Based Digital Rehabilitation: Scoping Review WEBSITE
Arntz A, Weber F, Handgraaf M, Lällä K, Korniloff K, Murtonen KP, Chichaeva J, Kidritsch A, Heller M, Sakellari E, Athanasopoulou C, Lagiou A, Tzonichaki I, Salinas-Bueno I, Martínez-Bueso P, Velasco-Roldán O, Schulz RJ, Grüneberg C

Impact of Mobile Games-Aided Neurorehabilitation: A Systematic Literature Review PDF
Ruvenaa Sagary, Nurul Hashimah Ahamed Hassain Malim, Nasuha Lee Abdullah, Wan Nor Azlen Wan Mohamad, Alwani Liyana Ahmad

A Systematic Review of the Long-Term Effects of Using Smartphone- and Tablet-Based Rehabilitation Technology for Balance and Gait Training and Exercise Programs WEBSITE | PDF
Chihyeong Lee, Jooeun Ahn, Beom-Chan Lee

The Effects of Smartphone Addiction on Children’s Cervical Posture and Range of Motion WEBSITE | PDF
Alonazi A, Daher N, Alismail A, Nelson R, Almutairi W, Bains G

High-Tech Tools for Exercise Motivation: Use and Role of Technologies Such as the Internet, Mobile Applications, Social Media, and Video Games WEBSITE | PDF
Deborah F. Tate, Elizabeth J. Lyons, Carmina G. Valle

A systematic review of musculoskeletal complaints, symptoms, and pathologies related to mobile phone usage WEBSITE
Emrah Zirek, Rustem Mustafaoglu, Zeynal Yasaci, Mark D. Griffiths

Effects of smartphone screen viewing duration and body position on head and neck posture in elementary school children WEBSITE | PDF
Amr Almaz Abdel-aziem, Mohamed Abdel-fattah Abdel-ghafar, Osama Ragaa Abdelraouf

Adding a smartphone app to global postural re-education to improve neck pain, posture, quality of life, and endurance in people with nonspecific neck pain: a randomized controlled trial WEBSITE | PDF
Fatemeh Abadiyan, Malihe Hadadnezhad, Zohre Khosrokiani, Amir Letafatkar, Haniyeh Akhshik

Factors predicting screen time related to physical and behavioural complaints in primary school children PDF
Ting Siew Leng, FRCOphth, Rosalia Saimon, PhD, MD Mizanur Rahman, PhD, Rasitasam @ Razitasham bt Safii, MPH, Ho Siat Lian, Dip (Nursing), Nancy John, Dip (Nursing), Lim Lik Thai, FRCOphth, Nazirin Arsad, MHSc

Text Neck and Forward Posture

The influence of smartphone use on spinal posture – A laboratory study WEBSITE
Marcel Betsch, Kyra Kalbhen, Roman Michalik, Hanno Schenker, Mattias Gatz, Valentin Quack, Hannah Siebers, Michael Wild, Filippo Migliorini

The effect of modified cervical exercise on smartphone users with forward head posture WEBSITE | PDF
Yong- Soo Kong, Yu- Mi Kim, Je-myung Shim

Upright Posture

Upright posture improves affect and fatigue in people with depressive symptoms WEBSITE
Carissa Wilkes, Rob Kydd, Mark Sagar, Elizabeth Broadbent

Greater sensitivity of the vestibulosympathetic reflex in the upright posture in humans WEBSITE | PDF
Charity L. Sauder,Timothy O. Leonard, Chester A. Ray