Gender, Video Game Playing Habits and Visual Memory Tasks

Ferguson, Christopher J.; Cruz, Amanda M.; Rueda, Stephanie M.

doi:10.1007/s11199-007-9332-z

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“…Other studies have shown that playing video games results in improved visual memory. A study on 72 undergraduate students found that time spent playing video games was a predictor of improved visual memory [37]. A randomized study of 36 elderly nursing home residents consisted of 3 months of intensive virtual reality training followed by 3 months of periodic booster sessions [38].…”

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Integrative rehabilitation of elderly stroke survivors: The design and evaluation of theBrightArm™

Rabin

Burdea

Roll

et al. 2011

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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Purpose To describe the development of the BrightArm upper extremity rehabilitation system, and to determine its clinical feasibility with older hemiplegic patients. Method The BrightArm adjusted arm gravity loading through table tilting. Patients wore an arm support that sensed grasp strength and communicated wirelessly with a personal computer. Games were written to improve cognitive, psychosocial and the upper extremity motor function and adapted automatically to each patient. The system underwent feasibility trials spanning 6 weeks. Participants were evaluated pre-therapy, post-therapy, and at 6 weeks follow-up using standardized clinical measures. Computerized measures of supported arm reach and game performance were stored on a remote server. Results Five participants had clinically significant improvements in their active range of shoulder movement, shoulder strength, grasp strength, and their ability to focus. Several participants demonstrated substantially higher arm function (measured with the Fugl-Meyer test) and two were less-depressed (measured with the Becks Depression Inventory, Second Edition). The BrightArm technology was well-accepted by the participants, who gave it an overall subjective rating of 4.1 on a 5 point Likert scale. Conclusions Given these preliminary findings, it will be beneficial to evaluate the BrightArm through controlled clinical trials and to investigate its application to other clinical populations.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrative rehabilitation of elderly stroke survivors: The design and evaluation of theBrightArm™

Rabin

Burdea

Roll

et al. 2011

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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“…Studies have focused on how video game play may enhance some of these skills in a normal population. There is evidence that individuals who are avid video game players show enhanced visual attention skills (Green & Bavelier, 2003) and visual memory (Ferguson, Cruz, & Rueda, 2008). There is also causal evidence that nonplayers trained on video games show improved visual skills (Green & Bavelier, 2003, 2007.…”

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Video Games in Health Care: Closing the Gap

Kato

2010

Review of General Psychology

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Although a great deal of media attention has been given to the negative effects of playing video games, relatively less attention has been paid to the positive effects of engaging in this activity. Video games in health care provide ample examples of innovative ways to use existing commercial games for health improvement or surgical training. Tailor-made games help patients be more adherent to treatment regimens and train doctors how to manage patients in different clinical situations. In this review, examples in the scientific literature of commercially available and tailor-made games used for education and training with patients and medical students and doctors are summarized. There is a history of using video games with patients from the early days of gaming in the 1980s, and this has evolved into a focus on making tailor-made games for different disease groups, which have been evaluated in scientific trials more recently. Commercial video games have been of interest regarding their impact on surgical skill. More recently, some basic computer games have been developed and evaluated that train doctors in clinical skills. The studies presented in this article represent a body of work outlining positive effects of playing video games in the area of health care.

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“…Deux (1985) also states that men outperform women in decoding visual stimuli. While it has been commonly held that males show an advantage on spatial tasks, and females on verbal tasks, Ferguson, et al (2007) suggest that male performance on visuo-spatial is more than female performance. Another study conducted by Leopold (2006) confirms that males and females use different parts of brain in language and visuo-spatial tasks.…”

Section: International Journal Of Human Resource Studiesmentioning

confidence: 95%

Sex-based Short-term Memory of Vocabulary Trained with Pease and Pease’s Multimodality

Arifuddin

2012

ijhrs

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Rose and Nicholl"s theory dealing with the effectiveness of multisensory learning seems contradictory with Pease and Pease"s theory regarding with gender-based multitasking. The present study aims at: 1) determining the significance of the difference of STM of English vocabulary between males and females trained with different types of modality; 2) testing whether multimodality lowers males" STM of English vocabulary; and 3) exploring the trainees" modality preference and their reasons based on sex. This mix-methods study involved 60 subjects drawn through Allocation Random Sampling from the entire freshmen. Data were collected with tests, a structured questionnaire, an interview, a tape-recorder, observations and note-taking. They were analyzed with Two-way Anova, Chi-square (χ 2 ) and cyclical qualitative analysis. It shows that: 1) there is a significant difference of STM of English vocabulary between males and females trained with different types of modality; 2) multimodality did not lower males" STM of English vocabulary; and 3) Pease and Pease"s theory is not accepted. The determinants of their modality preference are the effectiveness of a certain type of modality, their learning habits and their school regulations.

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Gender, Video Game Playing Habits and Visual Memory Tasks

Cited by 48 publications

References 23 publications

Integrative rehabilitation of elderly stroke survivors: The design and evaluation of theBrightArm™

Integrative rehabilitation of elderly stroke survivors: The design and evaluation of theBrightArm™

Video Games in Health Care: Closing the Gap

Sex-based Short-term Memory of Vocabulary Trained with Pease and Pease’s Multimodality

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