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Playing Action Video Games Improves Visuomotor Control.

Li Li¹, Rongrong Chen², Jing Chen²

¹Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong Neural Science Program, NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science, New York University Shanghai ll114@nyu.edu.

Psychological Science

|August 4, 2016

Summary

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Playing action video games enhances visuomotor control skills. Even short gaming sessions (5-10 hours) can improve abilities crucial for tasks like driving, suggesting video games can be effective training tools.

Keywords:

action video game driving driving game first-person-shooter game visuomotor control

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Human-Computer Interaction
Neuroscience

Background:

Visuomotor control is essential for daily tasks like driving.
The potential of video games for cognitive training is an area of active research.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if playing action video games improves visuomotor control.
To determine if action video games can be used as training tools for visuomotor tasks.

Main Methods:

Comparison of visuomotor skills between action gamers and non-action gamers.
Training non-action gamers with action or non-action video games for 5-10 hours.
Model-driven analysis of the sensorimotor system's response to error signals.

Main Results:

Action gamers demonstrated superior lane-keeping and visuomotor control skills.
Participants trained with action video games showed significant improvements in visuomotor control.
No significant improvement was observed in participants who played non-action video games.

Conclusions:

A causal link exists between action video gaming and enhanced visuomotor control.
Action video games can improve sensorimotor system responsiveness to error signals.
Action video games show promise as beneficial training tools for driving and other visuomotor tasks.