iACToR Weekly Newsletter #26

[James Cullen]

Opening Statement

Hello iACToR members,

Just 6 days left before early registration ends for the 16th Annual CyberPscyhology & CyberTherapy Conference (CT16), the official conference of iACToR, located this year in Gatineau, Canada on June 19th – 22nd.

CT16 will explore the uses of advanced technologies such as:

• Virtual reality simulations
• Videogames
• Telehealth
• Video-conferencing
• The Internet
• Robotics
• Brain computer interfaces
• Wearable computing
• Non-invasive physiological monitoring devices
• In diagnosis, assessment, and prevention of mental and physical disorders
• In addition, we will look at interactive media in training, education, rehabilitation, and therapeutic interventions.

We hope you will join us for what promises to be a groundbreaking conference. To register, please visit http://www.interactivemediainstitute.com/CT16.

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Top CyberPsychology News

iMAT Pro
Created for use by deployed soldiers, Mental Armor Training (iMAT) serves to enhance soldiers' abilities to form accurate interpretations of the events they experience during deployment and in every day life. Each time a user logs on to the program, he or she will complete a series of short exercises designed to improve judgment during stressful situations. As users work through the program, they will encounter four levels of training. This program was created in collaboration with research teams at the Central Arkansas Veterans Health System, the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, and Virtual Reality Medical Center and is part of a study with U.S. Army National Guardsmen to determine physiological and cognitive interventions during overseas deployment. To download and to read more, please visit http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imat-pro/id420805982?mt=8&ls=1

Why We Fight: How CyberPsychology Can Change Gaming Experiences
PSFK - There has been no shortage of artistic explorations of the moral quandries of virtual violence but now psychological opinion explores how framing the violence impacts upon the immersion a videogame experience can offer. The latest videogame nastie to glorify war is ‘Homefront’, in which you play as a freedom fighter in an America occupied by a North Korean superpower. The game’s focus on ‘violence with consequences’ is one of its central selling points. To read more, please visit http://bit.ly/hDKGZr.

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Create your own reality!

Brenda K. Wiederhold, PhD, MBA, BCIA
Secretary General
International Association of CyberPsychology, Training, & Rehabilitation (iACToR)