Gamers up to the challenge must conquer their health and improve their well-being by keeping calm as they navigate haunted houses, overcome obstacles and manage the fight-or-flight response. When ...

By using games as the context for biofeedback, the user learns how to relax quickly, while having fun at the same time." Galvanic has also developed a single-player game called The Loom, where the ...

A game currently under development uses your own anxiety to make its play increasingly horrifying as you get more scared, and it also aims to help people confront their fear. “When it senses that ...

We interviewed ‘Nevermind’ producer Michael Annetta for exclusive insights into the game’s groundbreaking use of biofeedback, and the real-world benefits of its immersive, next-gen technology. Game ...

Boston Children’s Hospital spin-out Mightier has scored an additional $250,000 for its emotional regulation video game program. The new investment was made by Modern Time Group. This additional ...

A new electromyography biofeedback device that is wearable and connects to novel smartphone games may offer people with incomplete paraplegia a more affordable, self-controllable therapy to enhance ...

In horror-adventure game Nevermind, your performance is influenced by your emotional state. In one scenario, a kitchen is filling up with milk and you're in danger of drowning unless you figure out ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. We are used to playing video games that employ a certain ...

SimyLife a development team based in Vienna, Austria has created a new biofeedback game controller called the SimyBall which can help with reducing stress, providing relaxation as well as laughter, ...

A video game with biofeedback—aimed at keeping heart rate low during fast-paced play—can help youth learn to regulate their anger, finds a small randomized trial at Boston Children's Hospital. If the ...

Nevermind measures your heart rate to tell when you're getting scared -- then ramps up the horror for a truly boot-shaking experience. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you ...

Doctors at Boston Children's Hospital have been using a video game that monitors children's heart rates to help them keep their tempers in check. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes ...