Research in digital wellbeing.
Our online lives are fragmented. Understanding how digital technologies affect our lives requires piecing together many shards. We conduct innovative, reproducible, and impactful research to do just that.
Recent Publications
View allAll BANG, Little Buck: Need-Related Experiences Are Weakly Linked with Behavior in the Video Game Domain
Nick Ballou, Tamás Andrei Földes, Matti Vuorre, et al.
PsyArXiv 2026
From Breakups to Lethargy: Player Accounts of Third Variables Affecting Video Game Playtime and Wellbeing
Nick Ballou, Tamás Földes, Thomas Hakman, et al.
Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2026
Reliving 10 Years Old: Descriptive Insights into Retro Gaming.
Nick Ballou, Nicholas David Bowman, Thomas Hakman, et al.
Psychology of Popular Media 2026