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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021 Visual working memory (VWM) is the ability to actively maintain visual information over short periods of time and is strongly related to global fluid intelligence and overall cognitive ability.
Natalia Jakubowska +6 more
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Design recommendations for active games
Frontiers in Digital Health, 2022 Active gaming is a form of video gaming that requires full body motion or varying degrees of physical activity to play a game. While active gaming has regained momentum, the design and specific components of active games that make them engaging are ...
Pamela N. Martinez
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Playing Super Mario 64 increases hippocampal grey matter in older adults. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Maintaining grey matter within the hippocampus is important for healthy cognition. Playing 3D-platform video games has previously been shown to promote grey matter in the hippocampus in younger adults.
Greg L West +6 more
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Heliyon, 2021 The impact of action videogame playing on cognitive functioning is the subject of debate among scientists, with many studies showing superior performance of players relative to non-players on a number of cognitive tasks.
Natalia Jakubowska +6 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 BackgroundPeople with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) often experience reduced affect, mood, and cognitive impairments such as memory problems. Although there are various treatments for MDD, many of them do not address the cognitive deficits associated ...
Moritz Bergmann +6 more
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Improving video game conversations with trope-informed design [PDF]
, 2021 This paper examines tropes in video games pertaining to conversations between player characters and Non-Player Characters (NPCs). Drawing from the fields of pragmatics and Conversation Analysis we show how these tropes differ from real, face-to-face ...
Rennick, Stephanie +2 more
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Methodological Innovations, 2019 Video game scholars examining the shortcomings of previous video game research reference the need for new and innovative methodologies. Existing video game research seemingly inhibits organic learning experiences by setting specific research targets or ...
Anthony Viennaminovich Gampell +2 more
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Video Game Détournement: Playing Across Media [PDF]
, 2019 peer reviewedTaking as a starting point the French concept of “artistic détournement” and its application in the context of video games, this paper aims to study creative remix practices that use video games as materials or as matrices to produce ...
Barnabé, Fanny
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PLoS ONE, 2018 BackgroundDue to the appeal and recent technological advances of video games, the games have gained interest as an intervention tool for active aging. The aim of this systematic literature review and meta-analysis was to determine the efficacy of video ...
Fernando L Vázquez +5 more
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‘It’s a-me, Mario!’ Exploring dynamic changes and similarities in the composition of early Nintendo video game music [PDF]
, 2016 As with films, a thoughtfully composed video game soundtrack has the ability to dramatically enhance and elevate the experience for the audience or player. This article explores the potential issues and difficulties of composing for video game systems by
Fox, James Anthony
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