Pro-environmental attitudes and behavior are declining as people become increasingly
disconnected from nature. The growing disconnection from nature is thought to be due to …

Many theories of development suggest that playing violent video games would not impact all
adolescents the same way, yet empirical research is sparse. To date there have been no …

As some nature experiences, such as viewing wild animals, may be difficult to implement in
science education, immersive virtual reality (VR) technologies have become a promising …

This study explored the association between rewarding elements in videogames and
adolescents' problematic gaming behavior, evaluating the extent to which individual …

Empathy is frequently described in opposition to rationality. Yet in two studies, we
demonstrate that the relationship between rationality and empathy is nuanced and likely …

Background: Those high in the temperament trait Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) are
more at risk of mental health issues due to sensitivity to unfavourable environments, while …

This study applied a Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) framework and Extended Parallel
Process Model to explore respondents' emotional and behavioral responses to video …

There is significant debate around the link between social media and mental health issues,
including depression, anxiety, and suicide. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an …

Up to now, there was no way to observe and track the affective impacts of the massive
amount of complex visual stimuli that people encounter “in the wild” during their many hours …

This article presents findings from research investigating the effectiveness of humor appeals
(humor relatedness and humor mechanisms) to Indonesian millennials for predicting their …