Video Games as Tools to Achieve Insight into Cognitive Processes

• Päätekijä: Walter R Boot (auth)
• Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen Kirjan osa
• Kieli: englanti
• Julkaistu: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Sarja: Frontiers Research Topics
• Aiheet: Psychology; transfer; Video Games; skill acquisition; Perception; Cognition; training; Gaming
• Linkit: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Though traditionally designed for entertainment, video games are being used more and more by psychologists to understand topics such as skill acquisition, cognitive capacity and plasticity, aging, individual differences, and development. The appeal of using video games over simpler laboratory paradi...