Need Satisfaction Supportive Game Features as Motivational Determinants
May 29, 2012 | Journal Article
This study provides empirical evidence on the influence of game features on basic need satisfaction.
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Do Facebook and Other Social Networks Influence Health and Behavior?
August 9, 2011 | Program Result Report
A team at Harvard led by Nicholas Christakis, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H, built several health-related social network data sets and used them to analyze the role social networks play in health and health care. Some findings achieved national media coverage.
Egocentric Social Network Structure, Health, and Pro-Social Behaviors in a National Panel Study of Americans
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Using an online survey, researchers examined social networks of people, including the change in the number of close social contacts, tie strength or closeness; and the number of interconnections between contacts, how they are related to each other, ...
Gaming for Weight Loss
October 30, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
The Children’s Digital Media Center at Georgetown University received a grant from Health Games Research to investigate the game design principles that might make exergames effective physical activity and weight loss tools.
Social Network Sensors for Early Detection of Contagious Outbreaks
September 15, 2010 | Journal Article
To evaluate whether such a friend group could indeed provide early detection, the authors studied a flu outbreak at Harvard College in late 2009.
Final Agenda Featuring Keynote Speakers Michael Graves and Stephen Wolfram Announced for the First-ever WIRED Health Conference: Living by Numbers presented in Partnership with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
October 3, 2012 | News Release
The agenda for the first-ever WIRED Health Conference: Living by Numbers was announced today by partners WIRED and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
What Shapes Health-Related Behaviors?
March 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue brief examines the factors that shape health-related behaviors.
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
September 18, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas examines the ways that the gambling industry has designed gambling machines that encourage addiction.
What is a Pioneering Idea?
September 17, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Why do we fund the ideas we do, and where do we go to find them? Read more on the Pioneering Ideas blog.
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September 17, 2012
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