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| bio | website | whathecode.wordpress.com |
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| location | Belgium | |
| age | 26 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 5 months |
| seen | 57 mins ago | |
| stats | profile views | 77 |
I did a thesis on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) using Cognitive Psychology and Activity Theory as a background. Cognitive Science fascinates me but I have little experience with it. At the moment I'm a PhD student at the IT University of Copenhagen, at the PIT lab studying HCI, but I mainly have a software development background.
In 2007 I got my bachelor degree in applied informatics in Belgium. Immediately after, I started working at the company where I did my internship, AIM Productions. I liked the work and colleagues at the company too much to give up entirely for further studies, so I decided to combine the two. In 2009 I started studying for my master in Game and Media Technology at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and I graduated in 2012.
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Nov 26 |
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How does displaying existing votes to a poll influence subsequent voting behaviour? Fixed typo. |
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Nov 26 |
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To what extent do individuals vary in their ability to mentally visualise? Removed highly irrelevant tag 'brain-injury'. |
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Nov 22 |
accepted | Do action video games have an effect on spatial skills? |
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Nov 22 |
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Ignoring minority while generalizing about a group, any theoretical reference? Inline links, removed erroneous 'no'. |
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Nov 20 |
awarded | Self-Learner |
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Nov 20 |
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Do action video games have an effect on spatial skills? Added extra video links for the games in the second study. |
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Nov 20 |
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Do action video games have an effect on spatial skills? I just checked out what the Ballance game looked like, and I'm a bit puzzled about why they chose this game as a control group now. The pencil-and-paper logic games in the second study seem to be a better control group to me. |
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Nov 20 |
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Do action video games have an effect on spatial skills? Added PDF for Feng's paper, and links to video games. |
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Nov 20 |
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Do action video games have an effect on spatial skills? @OriesokVlassky That's something that has been measured in many previous studies as well. The effect of practice always seems to have a bigger effect on women. I recall reading about possible explanations e.g. boys when growing up playing with more 'mechanical' toys which have a more positive effect on mental rotation. If you are interested in the gender differences, both referenced papers go into great detail into this issue, but that wasn't what I was after when reading these papers. |
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Nov 20 |
awarded | Announcer |
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Nov 19 |
answered | Do action video games have an effect on spatial skills? |
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Nov 19 |
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Do action video games have an effect on spatial skills? This Bachelor's thesis by Mika Hirvasoja (2004) provides an overview of past research on "Improving Spatial Skills Through Computer Games". I didn't find the particular study demonstrated. |
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Nov 19 |
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Do action video games have an effect on spatial skills? For starters, the 3D blocks used (and the concept of mental rotation) seem to originate from Shepard & Metzler (1971) |
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Nov 19 |
asked | Do action video games have an effect on spatial skills? |
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Nov 19 |
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What is the relationship between computer game performance and measures of ability? Related: Any work being done on Perception, Action, and/or Cognition in Video games? |
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Nov 19 |
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Any work being done on Perception, Action, and/or Cognition in Video games? Added proper references. |
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Nov 19 |
awarded | Tag Editor |
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Nov 19 |
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expertise wiki description Expertise doesn't have to be 'academic' expertise, and thus rewrote the wiki. |
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Nov 19 |
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expertise wiki excerpt Expertise doesn't have to be 'academic' expertise, and thus rewrote the wiki. |
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Nov 19 |
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Why have historically most inventors been men? Removed irrelevant tag. Mentioned source in link. |
