The games psychologists play (and the data they provide)

Washburn, David A.

doi:10.3758/bf03202541

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“…Emotional experience is also known to influence performance (Beal, Weiss, Barros, & MacDermid, 2005). According to Washburn (2003), the difference between a computer-based task, such as the Stroop task, and a computerized game is not clear-cut. The distinction might be measurable by the link between some kind of hedonic enjoyment and objective, subjective performance.…”

Section: Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

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The Stroop and Reverse Stroop Effects as Measured by an Interactive Tabletop

Miller

Kubicki

Caffier

et al. 2016

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

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International audienceAn interactive tabletop equipped with RFID technology implemented the Stroop and reverse-Stroop tasks. Participants moved a tangible object into one of four displayed virtual zones, which were identified either by a color border or the name of a color written in black. The correct target zone corresponded either to the color (Stroop) or meaning (reverse Stroop) of a word displayed in congruent or incongruent colored LED lights (e.g., “YELLOW” displayed in yellow or red, respectively). Participants took more time to place the object in a zone, made more errors, and found the task more difficult when the word was lit with an incongruent than congruent color. This interference was influenced by both the types of task and response zone in a way that fits with a dual step processing account. Results also showed that the outcomes of the conflicting information streams might be judged as fun

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Section: Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Stroop and Reverse Stroop Effects as Measured by an Interactive Tabletop

Miller

Kubicki

Caffier

et al. 2016

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

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“…Other research has considered potentially positive social outcomes of gaming [Durkin and Barber 2002]; educational benefits of computer games for teaching [Amory et al 1999;Ju and Wagner 1997;Malone 1981]; or skill acquisition [Day et al 2001]; and the use of game design techniques to improve human-computer interfaces for other kinds of software [Johnson and Wiles 2003;Pausch et al 1994]. Research that has treated computer gaming in more neutral terms has examined demographic [Griffiths et al 2003)] or personality factors [Griffiths and Dancaster 1995;McClure and Mears 1984] as predictors of gaming behavior; the effects of gaming on perceptual, cognitive or motor functions [Castel et al 2005]; and the use of computer games as methodological tools for studying various other behavioral phenomena [Donchin 1995;Washburn 2003]. …”

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How computer gamers experience the game situation

Clarke

Duimering

2006

Comput. Entertain.

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__________________________________________________________________________________________Very little is known about computer gamers' playing experience. Most social scientific research has treated gaming as an undifferentiated activity associated with various factors outside the gaming context. This article considers computer games as behavior settings worthy of social scientific investigation in their own right and contributes to a better understanding of computer gaming as a complex, context-dependent, goal-directed activity. The results of an exploratory interview-based study of computer gaming within the "first-person shooter" (FPS) game genre are reported. FPS gaming is a fast-paced form of goal-directed activity that takes place in complex, dynamic behavioral environments where players must quickly make sense of changes in their immediate situation and respond with appropriate actions. Gamers' perceptions and evaluations of various aspects of the FPS gaming situation are documented, including positive and negative aspects of game interfaces, map environments, weapons, computer-generated game characters (bots), multiplayer gaming on local area networks (LANs) or the internet, and single player gaming. The results provide insights into the structure of gamers' mental models of the FPS genre by identifying salient categories of their FPS gaming experience. It is proposed that aspects of FPS games most salient to gamers were those perceived to be most behaviorally relevant to goal attainment, and that the evaluation of various situational stimuli depended on the extent to which they were perceived either to support or to hinder goal attainment. Implications for the design of FPS games that players experience as challenging, interesting, and fun are discussed.

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“…Aside from medical applications an intriguing sphere for EEG-based BCI implementation is gaming. Game industry is able not only to gain from BCIs adaptive gameplay and new ways of interacting with 3D virtual environments (Kerous and Liarokapis, 2016), but can also offer an opportunity to better understand and improve BCIs, to stimulate basic neurophysiological research , dedicated to investigation of the brain responses (Järvelä et al, 2015) and involved neural processes and behavioral research (Washburn, 2003). For example, BCI interconnected with Virtual reality seems to be a promising approach to study specific brain responses, mental states and manipulating attention.…”

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Playing a P300-based BCI VR game leads to changes in cognitive functions of healthy adults

Bulat

Karpman²,

Samokhina³

et al. 2020

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In this paper, we present the results of a study to determine the effect of the P300-based brain-computer interface (BCI) virtual reality game on the cognitive functions of healthy human subjects. This study is a part of on-going research related to evaluation of the long-term effect of P300 training in Virtual Reality surrounding (VR game) on the cognitive performance of the young healthy population.A comparison of results between 3 groups of participants (15 people each) revealed the progressing difference in cognitive assessment for experimental group played P300-BCI VR game, showing the positive increase in flanker and conjunction visual search task performance associated with selective attention and mental inhibition. We show that the effect is due to the use of P300 BCI paradigm. Our results suggest that P300 BCI games combined with virtual reality can not only be used for rehabilitation in patients with slight mental disorders or elderly, but for increasing some cognitive functions in healthy subjects, giving an additional improvement in learning in case of combination with possible educational tasks or used for attention training. K E Y W O R D S

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The games psychologists play (and the data they provide)

Cited by 57 publications

References 37 publications

The Stroop and Reverse Stroop Effects as Measured by an Interactive Tabletop

The Stroop and Reverse Stroop Effects as Measured by an Interactive Tabletop

How computer gamers experience the game situation

Playing a P300-based BCI VR game leads to changes in cognitive functions of healthy adults

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