Joe A. Wasserman
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View article: Excess natural-cause mortality in US counties and its association with reported COVID-19 deaths
Excess natural-cause mortality in US counties and its association with reported COVID-19 deaths Open
In the United States, estimates of excess deaths attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic have consistently surpassed reported COVID-19 death counts. Excess deaths reported to non-COVID-19 natural causes may represent unrecognized COVID-19 de…
View article: Monthly excess mortality across counties in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, March 2020 to February 2022
Monthly excess mortality across counties in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, March 2020 to February 2022 Open
Excess mortality is the difference between expected and observed mortality in a given period and has emerged as a leading measure of the COVID-19 pandemic’s mortality impact. Spatially and temporally granular estimates of excess mortality …
View article: Differences Between Reported COVID-19 Deaths and Estimated Excess Deaths in Counties Across the United States, March 2020 to February 2022
Differences Between Reported COVID-19 Deaths and Estimated Excess Deaths in Counties Across the United States, March 2020 to February 2022 Open
Accurate and timely tracking of COVID-19 deaths is essential to a well-functioning public health surveillance system. The extent to which official COVID-19 death tallies have captured the true toll of the pandemic in the United States is u…
View article: Monthly excess mortality across counties in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic, March 2020 to February 2022
Monthly excess mortality across counties in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic, March 2020 to February 2022 Open
Excess mortality is the difference between expected and observed mortality in a given period and has emerged as a leading measure of the overall impact of the Covid-19 pandemic that is not biased by differences in testing or cause-of-death…
View article: Development and Validation of the Boardgaming Motivations Scale
Development and Validation of the Boardgaming Motivations Scale Open
Games, and boardgames specifically, are an increasingly central part of many individuals’ media diets. Boardgames also have immense potential as naturalistic laboratories for studying psychological phenomena, providing players opportunitie…
View article: 303 Emergency Department Homeless Patient Medicaid Status: Differences in Demographics, Morbidity, and Care
303 Emergency Department Homeless Patient Medicaid Status: Differences in Demographics, Morbidity, and Care Open
View article: 207 National Trends in Geriatric Emergency Department Visits: Demographics, Morbidities, and Hospital Admission Factors, 2011-2015
207 National Trends in Geriatric Emergency Department Visits: Demographics, Morbidities, and Hospital Admission Factors, 2011-2015 Open
View article: Who wants to play? Cueing perceived sex-based stereotypes of games
Who wants to play? Cueing perceived sex-based stereotypes of games Open
View article: Model Matching Theory: A Framework for Examining the Alignment between Game Mechanics and Mental Models
Model Matching Theory: A Framework for Examining the Alignment between Game Mechanics and Mental Models Open
The primary aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive review and elaboration of model matching and its theoretical propositions. Model matching explains and predicts individuals’ outcomes related to gameplay by focusing on the inte…
View article: Video Game Demand Scale (English Language)
Video Game Demand Scale (English Language) Open
Supplemental analysis and data files to accompany the manuscript, "Development of a Video Game Demand Scale" (Routledge, 2018). Full citation: Bowman, N. D., Wasserman, J. & Banks, J. D. (2018). Development of the Video Game Demand Scale. …
View article: Board out of Your Mind: Mapping Players' Mental Models of Game Systems and Potentials for Systems-Thinking Instruction
Board out of Your Mind: Mapping Players' Mental Models of Game Systems and Potentials for Systems-Thinking Instruction Open
Despite evidence that game-based instruction is effective, and suggestive evidence that they are specifically effective for teaching systems thinking---the ability to think about complex systems---the mechanisms behind this learning are no…