Media and Human Capital Development: Can Video Game Playing Make You Smarter?

Suziedelyte, Agne

doi:10.1111/ecin.12197

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“…The following hypotheses were partially confirmed: h 1 (importance of the game with eccentricity, attention seeking, distrust, isolation and criticism avoidance), h 2 (longer playing time with intellectual level), h 6 (live RPG with eccentricity and grandiosity), and h 8 (frequency of meetings with people to play with emotional awareness, joy, less distortion, and lower isolation). When analyzing the correlations, we found associations between the mentioned psychological characteristics and the preference for specific games, such as already observed in previous studies (Anderson et al, 2010;Chory & Goodboy, 2011;Engelhardt et al, 2011;Feng et al, 2007;Hasan et al, 2013;Herodotou et al, 2011;Peever et al, 2012;Suziedelyte, 2015). Thus, as predicted in the hypotheses, to assign more importance to the act of playing, we found an association between eccentric behaviors higher frequency, mistrust regarding others' intentions, and avoidance of criticism.…”

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“…There were no significant correlations between the two measures of reasoning nor with the perception of emotions, which at first seemed to contradict previous studies on cognitive development related to playing frequency (Feng et al, 2007;Kühn et al, 2014;McDermott et al, 2014;Suziedelyte, 2015). However, by examining the correlations with the preference for reasoning games, these have proved to be significant.…”

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“…Research shows that certain types of video games are related to better spatial reasoning (Feng, Spence & Pratt, 2007), faster processing speed, and higher short-term visual memory (McDermott, Bavelier & Green, 2014), higher abstract reasoning, and problem-solving (Suziedelyte, 2015), among others. Literature suggests that video games can train neurological development, as in the research conducted by Kühn, Gleich, Lorenz, Lindenberger, & Gallinat (2014).…”

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Avaliação psicológica de jogadores de videogame, tabuleiro e live: personalidade, raciocínio e percepção emocional

Miguel

Carvalho

Dionísio³

2017

Psicologia - Teoria E Prática

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Abstract:This research aimed at investigating the relationship between gaming preferences and psychological characteristics: abstract and verbal reasoning, emotional perception, and pathological personality traits. To this end, 164 people participated in the study, predominantly women (75%) with a mean age of 18.93 (SD = 6.36) and that have finished high school or college, in its majority. They answered a gaming preferences questionnaire, the Computerized Test of Primary Emotions Perception (PEP), the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (IDCP), and two subtests from the Battery of Reasoning Tests (BPR-5). The results indicated correlations that were consistent with most of the measures, with a significant majority of magnitudes that varied from .16 (Anger Distortion vs. Interest in violent games) to .41 (Emotional perception vs. Monthly frequency of playing with other people). Also, we determined the importance attributed to being a gamer by three personality traits: Grandiosity, Criticism avoidance, and Impulsiveness. We found association tendencies between psychological characteristics and game preference, in a way that attributing higher importance to gaming was associated with higher frequency of eccentric behaviors, suspicion towards others' intentions, and avoiding criticism. We have discussed the relations we found, and we concluded that there seems to be a typical profile for people who demonstrate a high tendency for gaming.Keywords: games; recreation; personality traits; emotional intelligence; intelligence measures. AVALIAÇÃO PSICOLÓGICA DE JOGADORES DE VIDEOGAME, TABULEIRO E LIVE: PERSONALIDADE, RACIOCÍNIO E PERCEPÇÃO EMOCIONALResumo: Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar a relação entre preferência por jogos e características psicológicas: raciocínio abstrato e verbal, percepção de emoções e traços patológicos de personalidade. Para tanto, 164 pessoas participaram do estudo, predominantemente mulheres (75%) com idade média de 18,93 (DP = 6,36), e a maioria possuía ensino médio completo ou graduação. Os indivíduos responderam a um questionário de preferências de jogos, ao -dez. 2017. ISSN 1516-3687 (impresso), ISSN 1980 jogos violentos) e 0,41 (Percepção emocional vs. Quantas vezes por mês se reúne com outras pessoas para jogar). Além disso, a importância atribuída a ser um usuário de jogos foi predita principalmente por três traços da personalidade: Grandiosidade, Evitação a críticas e Impulsividade. Foi possível encontrar tendências de associação entre características psicológicas e a preferência por jogos, de modo que atribuir maior importância ao ato de jogar mostrou-se associado à maior frequência de comportamentos excêntricos, desconfiança quanto às intenções dos outros e evitação a críticas. As relações encontradas foram discutidas, o que possibilitou concluir que parece existir um perfil típico para pessoas que demonstram alta tendência para o ato de jogar.Revista Psicologia: Teoria e Prática, 19(3), 209-225. São Paulo, SP, set.Palavras-chave: jogos; recreação; traços de personal...

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Miguel

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2017

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“…There is widespread concern that students who play video games excessively are less willing to spend the time needed on academic study (Cummings & Vandewater, 2007). Thus, play can displace schoolwork, resulting in lower academic reading performance (e.g., Cummings & Vandewater, 2007;Suziedelyte, 2015;Weis & Cerankosky, 2010). There is research to support this fear.…”

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Grade Point Level, Reading Fluency, and Perceived Digital Reading Ability of Video Game Players and Nonplayers

Seok¹,

DaCosta

2017

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This study compared grade point level, silent contextual reading fluency, and perceived digital reading ability of 1,206 South Korean video game players and nonplayers in grades 9 through 12. The findings strengthen results reported in the literature while also contributing new information. Nonplayers had better grades, a finding that supports previous research showing that gameplay can negatively influence academic performance. Nonplayers were better readers, a finding in disagreement with studies showing that Internet use, to include video game play, can help with reading performance. While players held higher views of themselves regarding their digital reading ability, these perceptions were not aligned with their grades and reading test scores as well as their online activities when compared to their nonplayer counterparts. . Effects of video-game ownership on young boys' academic and behavioral functioning: A r a n d o m i z e d , c o n t r o l l e d s t u d y.

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“…Further examples of the application of the MIS method to linear models are, among others, the works of Austin (1978), Kadyrzhanova and Rhodes-Kropf (2011), Suziedelyte (2015) and Cai and Pettenella (2013).…”

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Correcting for endogeneity due to omitted attributes in discrete-choice models: the multiple indicator solution

Guevara

Polanco

2016

Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

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Various transportation discrete-choice models suffer from endogeneity due to the omission of attributes that are relevant for the decision maker, but cannot be measured by the researcher. The control function (CF) method can be used to address this model flaw in discrete-choice models in which the problem occurs at the level of each alternative. However, the CF requires instrumental variables, which are difficult to obtain in various practical cases. In comparison, the multiple indicator solution (MIS) method does not require instruments, but indicators, which may be easier to gather in various circumstances. The MIS method has only been described so far for linear models. In this article, we show that MIS can be extended to discrete-choice modelling under mild assumptions. We also discuss the conditions under which it could be applied in practical transportation models estimated with revealed preference (RP) and stated preferences (SP) data where the source of endogeneity can be identified explicitly. We then use Monte Carlo experiments to illustrate the finite sample properties of MIS and CF. Results seem to suggest that MIS is robust to mild violations of modelling assumptions. We finally illustrate the application of the MIS method to an SP experiment of dwelling choice, showing that the MIS seems to have addressed successfully the omission of quality inferred from a picture. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Media and Human Capital Development: Can Video Game Playing Make You Smarter?

Cited by 37 publications

References 16 publications

Avaliação psicológica de jogadores de videogame, tabuleiro e live: personalidade, raciocínio e percepção emocional

Avaliação psicológica de jogadores de videogame, tabuleiro e live: personalidade, raciocínio e percepção emocional

Grade Point Level, Reading Fluency, and Perceived Digital Reading Ability of Video Game Players and Nonplayers

Correcting for endogeneity due to omitted attributes in discrete-choice models: the multiple indicator solution

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