The Neuroscience of Gaming, Part I: An Inside Look at Game Design

  • Published22 Jun 2016
  • Reviewed22 Jun 2016
  • Source BrainFacts/SfN

Game developer Daniel Greenberg discusses how health-focused video games can educate patients and encourage healthy behaviors.

The speaker, Daniel Greenberg, is a game development consultant and the president of Media Rez, a Washington DC-based technology company producing mobile and social apps for behavior change. He has more than 20 years of experience in game development, from game writing and designing to programming and producing. He has developed games for licenses like “The Lord of the Rings,” “Star Wars,” and “Star Trek.” Greenberg lectures about games, technology, and behavior change and has written more than 200 articles on technology for The Washington Post.

This is part of The Neuroscience of Gaming series. Watch Video Series

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