Video games as tools to achieve insight into cognitive processes

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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Walter R Boot (auth), Boot, Walter Richard, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lausanne, Switzerland] : Frontiers Media SA 2015
2015.
Colección:Frontiers Research Topics,
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009428387006719
Descripción
Sumario: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 paradigms partly comes from their ability to present rich and complex cognitive challenges more representative of the demands of the complex everyday tasks we perform outside of the laboratory. However, this complexity also presents a host of methodological and analytic challenges. This Research Topic brings together research using games to explore cognitive processes, with a special focus on the challenges of this approach. Challenges are in terms of design, implementation, or data analysis.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (87 pages)