Want To Learn More? Take A Break And Play An Action Game
Want To Learn More? Take A Break And Play An Action Game
Want To Learn More? Take A Break And Play An Action Game
By Jeremy Ray
October 25, 2021
Summary
A recent study has added to the body of research suggesting that action games could actually help your learning ability.
For humans, it'd be of great interest to know if action games could provide a shortcut to this ability.
Previously, studies had identified players who preferred to play action games in their spare time as having increased levels of these learning skills.
Now, causality has been established by showing that "Individuals who were trained on action video games subsequently exhibited faster learning in the two cognitive domains that we tested, as compared to individuals who trained on non-action games."
Moderator analyses indicated that action video game play robustly enhances the domains of top-down attention and spatial cognition, with encouraging signs for perception.
Some potential confounding factors were eliminated, such as participant or experimenter expectations, by following advice from past critiques of studies on action games.
The results add both content and solidity to a growing body of research that suggest action games can help people learn.
Reference
Ray, J. (2021, October 25). Want to learn more? take a break and play an action game. Kotaku Australia. Retrieved December 8, 2021, from https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/10/action-game-learning-to-learn/.
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Games, video games, action game, learning ability, news
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Games