Enhancing reading skills through a video game mixing action mechanics and cognitive training

Pasqualotto, Angela; Altarelli, Irène; Angeli, Antonella De; Menestrina, Zeno; Bavelier, Daphné; Venuti, Paola

doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01254-x

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“…Several longitudinal studies have confirmed that visuo-spatial attention abilities are good predictors of future reading skills 26 – 29 (see 18 for a meta-analysis in pre-reading children), suggesting that graphemic parsing and letter-string processing demand: (i) rapid and accurate deployment of visual attention along the letter strings 17 , 30 , 31 ; (ii) good abilities in global extraction and spatio-temporal integration of visual information 32 – 34 ; (iii) a large visual-attention span and; (iv) a reduced visual crowding effect 26 , 30 (see 35 for a review). Crucially, visuo-attentional training appears to improve reading skills in children with and without developmental dyslexia 26 , 33 , 34 , 36 – 42 (see 43 for a review), confirming the causal role of the fronto-parietal attentional network in reading acquisition 44 .…”

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“…Distributed and focused visuo-spatial attention are implicated also in visual search tasks 65 . Indeed, it has been demonstrated that visual search abilities—without involving any phonological skills—are good predictors of future reading skills both in shallow and deep orthographies 26 – 29 , 34 , and visuo-spatial attention training by using action video games improves both visual search efficiency and reading skills in children with and without dyslexia 42 , 44 .…”

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Visuo-spatial attention deficit in children with reading difficulties

Franceschini

Bertoni

Puccio

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Although developmental reading disorders (developmental dyslexia) have been mainly associated with auditory-phonological deficits, recent longitudinal and training studies have shown a possible causal role of visuo-attentional skills in reading acquisition. Indeed, visuo-attentional mechanisms could be involved in the orthographic processing of the letter string and the graphemic parsing that precede the grapheme-to-phoneme mapping. Here, we used a simple paper-and-pencil task composed of three labyrinths to measure visuo-spatial attention in a large sample of primary school children (n = 398). In comparison to visual search tasks requiring visual working memory, our labyrinth task mainly measures distributed and focused visuo-spatial attention, also controlling for sensorimotor learning. Compared to typical readers (n = 340), children with reading difficulties (n = 58) showed clear visuo-spatial attention impairments that appear not linked to motor coordination and procedural learning skills implicated in this paper and pencil task. Since visual attention is dysfunctional in about 40% of the children with reading difficulties, an efficient reading remediation program should integrate both auditory-phonological and visuo-attentional interventions.

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Visuo-spatial attention deficit in children with reading difficulties

Franceschini

Bertoni

Puccio

et al. 2022

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“…The experimental game (Legend of Hoa'manu; LoH) builds on a game architecture that combines action video game play with mini games built to train CC. It has been shown to successfully enhance attentional control in children [ 63 ]. Specifically, action video game play is designed to simultaneously load on pacing, divided attention, and focused attention, constantly challenging the flexible allocation of cognitive resources as task demands shift.…”

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Examining the synergistic effects of a cognitive control video game and a home-based, self-administered non-invasive brain stimulation on alleviating depression: the DiSCoVeR trial protocol

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Padberg

Morash

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Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Enhanced behavioral interventions are gaining increasing interest as innovative treatment strategies for major depressive disorder (MDD). In this study protocol, we propose to examine the synergistic effects of a self-administered home-treatment, encompassing transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) along with a video game based training of attentional control. The study is designed as a two-arm, double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled multi-center trial (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04953208). At three study sites (Israel, Latvia, and Germany), 114 patients with a primary diagnosis of MDD undergo 6 weeks of intervention (30 × 30 min sessions). Patients assigned to the intervention group receive active tDCS (anode F3 and cathode F4; 2 mA intensity) and an action-like video game, while those assigned to the control group receive sham tDCS along with a control video game. An electrode-positioning algorithm is used to standardize tDCS electrode positioning. Participants perform their designated treatment at the clinical center (sessions 1–5) and continue treatment at home under remote supervision (sessions 6–30). The endpoints are feasibility (primary) and safety, treatment efficacy (secondary, i.e., change of Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) scores at week six from baseline, clinical response and remission, measures of social, occupational, and psychological functioning, quality of life, and cognitive control (tertiary). Demonstrating the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of this novel combined intervention could expand the range of available treatments for MDD to neuromodulation enhanced interventions providing cost-effective, easily accessible, and low-risk treatment options.ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04953208.

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“…If a person does not read for a long Gender di erences in the use of reading media by readers aged 20-29. 2 Gender di erences in the use of reading media by readers aged 30-39. 3 Gender di erences in the use of reading media by readers aged 40-49.…”

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“…Reading relies not only on oral language abilities but also on several executive functions. Considering their importance for literacy, training executive functions particularly, attentional control has been suggested as a promising way of improving reading skills [ 2 ]. An educational game tool in form of word tree was developed that did not only improve children's reading ability but also create happiness to learn [ 3 ].…”

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Reading Game Sport from the Perspective of Sociology of Knowledge

Shao

2022

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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The evolution of media technology has not only changed readers’ reading ways and reading habits but also tried to reshape their social behaviour. From the perspective of sociology of sustainable knowledge, this essay explores the impacts of technological change on reading through the framework of activity theory. It is found that digital reading is of increasing characteristics of “front stage” performance and reading anxiety in society, and sustainable knowledge anxiety began to spread. The research shows that the existing digital reading mode is actually the consumption of media, which is not conducive to the transmission and production of sustainable knowledge. Also, with the further development of technology, reading will open up a new chapter. The wisdom of human symbiosis will be infinitely stored and strive toward the era of global brain, which will help to better inherit sustainable knowledge and activate the vitality of sustainable knowledge production.

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Enhancing reading skills through a video game mixing action mechanics and cognitive training

Cited by 28 publications

References 65 publications

Visuo-spatial attention deficit in children with reading difficulties

Visuo-spatial attention deficit in children with reading difficulties

Examining the synergistic effects of a cognitive control video game and a home-based, self-administered non-invasive brain stimulation on alleviating depression: the DiSCoVeR trial protocol

Reading Game Sport from the Perspective of Sociology of Knowledge

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