"Video Games" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A form of interactive entertainment in which the player controls electronically generated images that appear on a video display screen. This includes video games played in the home on special machines or home computers, and those played in arcades.
| Descriptor ID |
D018910
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I03.450.642.693.930 L01.224.900.930
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| Concept/Terms |
Video Games- Video Games
- Game, Video
- Games, Video
- Video Game
Computer Games- Computer Games
- Computer Game
- Game, Computer
- Games, Computer
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Video Games" by people in Profiles.
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To Engage or Not to Engage: A New Era for Medical Student Education in Radiology. Radiographics. 2020 Nov-Dec; 40(7):1830-1831.
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Problematic Internet use (PIU), personality profiles and emotion dysregulation in a cohort of young adults: trajectories from risky behaviors to addiction. Psychiatry Res. 2020 07; 289:113036.
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Problematic internet use as an age-related multifaceted problem: Evidence from a two-site survey. Addict Behav. 2018 06; 81:157-166.
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Leveraging Quick Response Code Technology to Facilitate Simulation-Based Leaderboard Competition. Simul Healthc. 2018 Feb; 13(1):64-71.
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Electronic cigarette retailers use Pok?mon Go to market products. Tob Control. 2017 12; 26(e2):e145-e147.
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Electronic gaming machines and gambling disorder: A cross-cultural comparison between treatment-seeking subjects from Brazil and the United States. Psychiatry Res. 2015 Dec 15; 230(2):430-5.
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The malleability of spatial skills: a meta-analysis of training studies. Psychol Bull. 2013 Mar; 139(2):352-402.
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A plea for concern regarding violent video games. Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Aug; 86(8):818-20.
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Factor structure of planning and problem-solving: a behavioral genetic analysis of the Tower of London task in middle-aged twins. Behav Genet. 2009 Mar; 39(2):133-44.