scholarly journals Action video game play increases the connection of pursuit eye movements and dynamic visual processing with visuomotor control

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 1357
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Raine Chen
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Visuomotor Control ◽  
Game Play ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Pursuit Eye Movements ◽  
Action Video Game

scholarly journals Action video game play facilitates “learning to learn”

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ru-Yuan Zhang ◽  
Adrien Chopin ◽  
Kengo Shibata ◽  
Zhong-Lin Lu ◽  
Susanne M. Jaeggi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Learning To Learn ◽  
Game Play ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Action Video Game ◽  
Wide Range

AbstractPrevious work has demonstrated that action video game training produces enhancements in a wide range of cognitive abilities. Here we evaluate a possible mechanism by which such breadth of enhancement could be attained: that action game training enhances learning rates in new tasks (i.e., “learning to learn”). In an initial controlled intervention study, we show that individuals who were trained on action video games subsequently exhibited faster learning in the two cognitive domains that we tested, perception and working memory, as compared to individuals who trained on non-action games. We further confirmed the causal effect of action video game play on learning ability in a pre-registered follow-up study that included a larger number of participants, blinding, and measurements of participant expectations. Together, this work highlights enhanced learning speed for novel tasks as a mechanism through which action video game interventions may broadly improve task performance in the cognitive domain.

scholarly journals Action-Video-Game Experience Alters the Spatial Resolution of Vision

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.S. Green ◽  
D. Bavelier
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Target Identification ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Action Video Game ◽  
Causative Relationship ◽  
Action Video Games ◽  
Game Players

Playing action video games enhances several different aspects of visual processing; however, the mechanisms underlying this improvement remain unclear. Here we show that playing action video games can alter fundamental characteristics of the visual system, such as the spatial resolution of visual processing across the visual field. To determine the spatial resolution of visual processing, we measured the smallest distance a distractor could be from a target without compromising target identification. This approach exploits the fact that visual processing is hindered as distractors are brought close to the target, a phenomenon known as crowding. Compared with nonplayers, action-video-game players could tolerate smaller target-distractor distances. Thus, the spatial resolution of visual processing is enhanced in this population. Critically, similar effects were observed in non-video-game players who were trained on an action video game; this result verifies a causative relationship between video-game play and augmented spatial resolution.

scholarly journals “Learning to learn” as a new path for learning generalization in working memory: the case of action video game play

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 1697
Author(s):  
Ru-Yuan Zhang ◽  
Adrien Chopin ◽  
Kengo Shibata ◽  
Zhong-Lin Lu ◽  
Susanne M. Jaeggi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Learning To Learn ◽  
Game Play ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Action Video Game ◽  
Learning Generalization

scholarly journals Light Video Game Play is Associated with Enhanced Visual Processing of Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Targets

Perception ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina J. Howard ◽  
Robert Wilding ◽  
Duncan Guest
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Blink ◽  
Rapid Serial Visual Presentation ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Visual Processing ◽  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Game Play ◽  
Video Game Play ◽  
Game Players ◽  
Attentional Tasks

There is mixed evidence that video game players (VGPs) may demonstrate better performance in perceptual and attentional tasks than non-VGPs (NVGPs). The rapid serial visual presentation task is one such case, where observers respond to two successive targets embedded within a stream of serially presented items. We tested light VGPs (LVGPs) and NVGPs on this task. LVGPs were better at correct identification of second targets whether they were also attempting to respond to the first target. This performance benefit seen for LVGPs suggests enhanced visual processing for briefly presented stimuli even with only very moderate game play. Observers were less accurate at discriminating the orientation of a second target within the stream if it occurred shortly after presentation of the first target, that is to say, they were subject to the attentional blink (AB). We find no evidence for any reduction in AB in LVGPs compared with NVGPs.

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