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Combining Computer Game-Based Behavioural Experiments With High-Density EEG and Infrared Gaze Tracking
Published on: December 16, 2010
Introduction: digital games as a context for cognitive development, learning, and developmental research
Fran C Blumberg1, Shalom M Fisch
1Division of Psychological& Educational Services, Fordham University Graduate School of Education, New York, USA. blumberg@fordham.edu
Abstract:
The authors present reasons why developmental psychologists should care about children's and adolescents' digital game play. These reasons may be identified as: a) digital game play is an integral aspect of children's and adolescents' lives; b) digital game play contributes to learning and cognitive development; and c) developmental research has the potential to contribute to effective educational game design. The authors expand on these reasons with the goal of introducing or reintroducing to developmental psychologists a rich and very relevant context in which to examine children's and adolescents' applied cognitive development.
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