Background Social and physical distancing in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-
19) pandemic has made screen-mediated information and communication technologies …

Self-Control is an important skill in everyday life when attention is automatically drawn
toward certain stimuli. For instance, food stimuli automatically capture visual attention and …

Background: A lack of ability to inhibit prepotent responses, or more generally a lack of
impulse control, is associated with several disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity …

One important aspect of cognitive control is the ability to stop a response in progress and
motivational aspects, such as self-relevance, which may be able to influence this ability. We …

The growing capability and availability of large language models (LLMs) have led to their
adoption in a number of domains. One application domain that could prove fruitful is to video …

Many serious games are most effective when played regularly; however, little is known
about how individual game elements support player adherence over time. This work draws …

Social interactions are an essential part of many digital games, and provide benefits to
players; however, problematic social interactions also lead to harm. To inform our …

Stopping an already initiated action is crucial for human everyday behavior and empirical
evidence points toward the prefrontal cortex playing a key role in response inhibition. Two …

Background Serious games can be a powerful learning tool in higher education. However,
the literature indicates that the learning outcome in a serious game depends on the …

Technological advances in speech recognition have enabled us to communicate with
computers using our voice. This natural form of interaction opens up a large opportunity for …