Title :
Positive relationship between duration of action video game play and visuospatial executive function in children
Author :
Al-Gabbani, M. ; Morgan, G. ; Eyre, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Neurosci., Newcastle Univ., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Abstract :
The average child in the developed world now spends more than 2 hours per day playing video games. The present study asks: (i) whether children who play video games exhibit enhancement of performance across a broad range of executive functions; (ii) whether there are gender differences; (iii) if there is a relationship between the amount of time a child reports playing video games and their performance on tests of executive function.
Keywords :
computer games; ergonomics; action video game play; children; executive function; gender difference; performance enhancement; visuospatial executive function; Aging; Games; Neuroscience; Pediatrics; Switches; Training; Visualization; children; executive finctions; video games;
Conference_Titel :
Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH), 2014 IEEE 3rd International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/SeGAH.2014.7067090