Patrick K. Bender
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View article: A collective review on some potential negative impacts of smartphone and social media use on adolescent mental health: Results from a Delphi process
A collective review on some potential negative impacts of smartphone and social media use on adolescent mental health: Results from a Delphi process Open
The literature on how smartphone and social media use affects adolescent mental health is highly fragmented. To synthesize the evidence, we convened over 120 researchers with diverse perspectives to evaluate 26 commonly cited claims using …
View article: The Efficacy of Head-Mounted-Display Virtual Reality Intervention to Improve Life Skills of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review
The Efficacy of Head-Mounted-Display Virtual Reality Intervention to Improve Life Skills of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review Open
Challenges in life skills in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are associated with dependency on others and increased isolation from peers. In recent years, interventions using virtual reality (VR) technology have been propo…
View article: Psychological Perspectives on Media Violence
Psychological Perspectives on Media Violence Open
Given the ubiquity of digital media and the thousands of hours people spend consuming digital media each year, it is hardly surprising that researchers devote considerable effort to understanding media effects. Although many other aspects …
View article: Drawing the line between constituent structure and coherence relations in visual narratives.
Drawing the line between constituent structure and coherence relations in visual narratives. Open
Theories of visual narrative understanding have often focused on the changes in meaning across a sequence, like shifts in characters, spatial location, and causation, as cues for breaks in the structure of a discourse. In contrast, the the…