Action video game play facilitates "learning to learn".
Journal
Communications biology
ISSN: 2399-3642
Titre abrégé: Commun Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101719179
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 10 2021
14 10 2021
Historique:
received:
28
04
2021
accepted:
09
09
2021
entrez:
15
10
2021
pubmed:
16
10
2021
medline:
24
12
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Previous work has demonstrated that action video game training produces enhancements in a wide range of cognitive abilities. Here we evaluate a possible mechanism by which such breadth of enhancement could be attained: that action game training enhances learning rates in new tasks (i.e., "learning to learn"). In an initial controlled intervention study, we show that individuals who were trained on action video games subsequently exhibited faster learning in the two cognitive domains that we tested, perception and working memory, as compared to individuals who trained on non-action games. We further confirmed the causal effect of action video game play on learning ability in a pre-registered follow-up study that included a larger number of participants, blinding, and measurements of participant expectations. Together, this work highlights enhanced learning speed for novel tasks as a mechanism through which action video game interventions may broadly improve task performance in the cognitive domain.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34650216
doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02652-7
pii: 10.1038/s42003-021-02652-7
pmc: PMC8517021
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1154Subventions
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)
ID : 32100901
Organisme : NEI NIH HHS
ID : P30 EY001319
Pays : United States
Organisme : NEI NIH HHS
ID : R01 EY017491
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : K02 AG054665
Pays : United States
Organisme : NEI NIH HHS
ID : R01 EY020976
Pays : United States
Organisme : United States Department of Defense | United States Navy | ONR | Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global)
ID : N00014-14-1-0512
Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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