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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.

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Selected Research

Hoeft, F., Watson, C. L., Kesler, S. R., Bettinger, K. E., Reiss, A. L. (2008).
Gender differences in the mesocorticolimbic system during computer game-play.
Journal of Psychiatric Research, Mar;42(4):253-8.

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brain research, journal, motivations

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References: 413 Citations | 322 Abstracts | 273 Full text links

Participation: 16324 Visitors | 8 Contributing Editors


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investiGaming is a gateway to research on gender, gaming and computing for the game industry, game design educators and students, and academic game researchers.

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