For questions that study the effects of video games on the brain/mind or that use video games as a methodology for studies in the cognitive sciences.
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What Quantified Self reserach tools are there for measuring performance while playing videogames?
I've recently became aware that there's a whole field of quantified self - using various methodology to collect data about human performance in an attempt to "quantify" how the human body/brain works. ...
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Do action video games have an effect on spatial skills?
I've just watched a TED talk by Daphne Bavelier, who seems to be a major researcher on plasticity and video games. In it she presents results from a controlled lab study in which participants needed ...
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Any work being done on Perception, Action, and/or Cognition in Video games?
Call it a nerd crossover, but I've always been curious about how we play games on a mechanistic level. However, even coming from a rational viewpoint video games seem like a fruitful domain of study, ...
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Could Fitts Law be used to measure difficulty in platform genre games?
I've been learning about Fitts' law and am wondering if it's applicable to measuring the difficulty of platform type games where the challenge is to hit the platforms?
If so, this could be used to ...
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Is Decision Making/Theory/Analysis applicable to game design?
I've done research over the last year in game design by reading some of the most well-known books in the field. Making interesting decisions is one of the fundamental elements of fun in games. I'm ...
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What is the relationship between computer game performance and measures of ability? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Any work being done on Perception, Action, and/or Cognition in Video games?
What is the relationship between computer game performance and measures of ability?
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What's being challenged in our mind when playing games? [closed]
I'm learning about Human Factors and have read a lot about human limitations and how we overcome these limitations when creating products. I'm also a wanna-be game designer and also see where games ...
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Do expert computer gamers have unusual physiological or mental characteristics? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Any work being done on Perception, Action, and/or Cognition in Video games?
Are there any research studies that show this?
See a thread on Quora for some initial ...
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What is the difference between solving a problem and acquiring a skill?
Within the confines of cognitive psychology, what is the difference between these two tasks? In the literature, playing chess is generally seen as the exemplar of problem solving. But recently (thanks ...
