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The Role of Structural Characteristics in Problem Video Game Playing: A Review [PDF]
The structural characteristics of video games may play an important role in explaining why some people play video games to excess. This paper provides a review of the literature on structural features of video games and the psychological experience of ...
Daniel King+2 more
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Video Games as a Part of Intervention Programs Based on Self-Determination Theory
The current study aims to evaluate the existing literature on the characteristics and the usage of video games within the framework of Self-Determination Theory (SDT). In the first part of the article, the essential characteristics of SDT and video games
Mehmet Can Sevinçli+1 more
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Benefits of video games on cognitive function have been proved by increasing evidence. However, reasons for game-induced changes in cognitive function are still elusive.
He Huang, Chuanyin Cheng
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Video Games and English Learning: An Exploratory Study of EFL Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions
The present study explores the knowledge and perceptions that 72 Chilean EFL (English as a foreign language) pre-service teachers have regarding the effect of video games in their daily and academic routine in terms of foreign language learning.
Claudio Díaz Larenas+2 more
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A Conceptual Critique of the Use of Moral Disengagement Theory in Research on Violent Video Games
Moral disengagement refers to cognitive processes of misrepresenting immoral acts in order to justify them. Research on moral disengagement factors in violent video games assumes that the digital representation of violence in video games is meaningfully ...
Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen
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PROBLEM PENDIDIKAN VIDEO GAMES DALAM PERSPEKTIF TEORI SIMULACRA JEAN BAUDRILLARD
: Education Problems of Video Games in the Perspective of Jean Baudrillard’s Theory of Simulacra. In the era of digital age, we are witnessing how video games penetrate children’s daily life and it is believed to have some impacts on their cognitive and ...
Siti Murtiningsih, Joko Siswanto, M. Mukhtasar Syamsudin
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Background Unlike the emphasis on negative results of video games such as the impulsive engagement in video games, cognitive training studies in individuals with cognitive deficits showed that characteristics of video game elements were helpful to train ...
Eunhye Choi+5 more
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Video games and urban simulation: new tools or new tricks?
Video games allow complex systems modelling, revealing retroaction loops, replicating self-organization and the emergence of hierarchical organization, functional differentiation and social segregation through multi-level interactions.
Samuel Rufat, Hovig Ter Minassian
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Increasing interest has been shown in using video games as an educational resource due to their pedagogical possibilities and their current expansion as an entertainment activity. However, their use in schools is still far from mainstream practice, which
Marta Martín del Pozo+2 more
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Video Games in the Treatment of Amblyopia: A Narrative Review
Background: Amblyopia can drastically affect a child’s life. Recently, following a shift in the view of amblyopia from that of a monocular disorder to that of a binocular disorder, dichoptic video games were introduced as a new treatment method.
Lojain Azizalrahman
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