The impact of recreational video game play on children's and adolescents' cognition

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Volumn 2013, Issue 139, 2013, Pages 41-50

  Blumberg, Fran C ^a   Altschuler, Elizabeth A ^a   Almonte, Debby E ^a   Mileaf, Maxwell I ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84874965369     PISSN: 15203247     EISSN: 15348687     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/cad.20030     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Blumberg, F. C. (2011). Introduction to special section: Ramifications of video game play for academic learning and cognitive skill acquisition. Child Development Perspectives, 5(2), 73-74. doi:10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00158.x
2. Blumberg, F. C., Altschuler, E. A., & Almonte, D. E. (2011, March). Children's perceptions of learning in videogames and school. In F. C. Blumberg & S. M. Fisch (Co-chairs), Children's learning in videogame and academic settings. Symposium conducted at Society for Research in Child Development Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
3. Blumberg, F. C., & Ismailer, S. S. (2009). What do children learn from playing video games? In U. Ritterfeld, M. Cody, & P. Vorderer (Eds.), Serious games: Mechanisms and effects (pp. 131-121). New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor, and Francis.
4. Blumberg, F. C., & Sokol, L. M. (2004). Boys' and girls' use of cognitive strategy when learning to play video games. Journal of General Psychology, 131(2), 151-158. doi:10.3200/GENP.131.2.151-158
5. Boot, W. R., Kramer, A. F., Simons, D. J., Fabiani, M., & Gratton, G. (2008). The effects of video game playing on attention, memory, and executive control. Acta Psychologica, 129, 387-398. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2008.09.005
6. Bourgonjon, J., Valcke, M., Soetaert, R., & Schellens, T. (2010). Students' perceptions about the use of video games in the classroom. Computers & Education, 54, 1145-1156.
7. Crookall, D. (2010). Serious games, debriefing, and simulation/gaming as a discipline. Simulation & Gaming, 41, 898-920. doi:10.1177/1046878110390784
8. de Freitas, S. (2006). Using games and simulations for supporting learning. Learning, Media and Technology, 31, 343-358.
9. De Lisi, R., & Wolford, J. L. (2002). Improving children's mental rotation accuracy with computer game playing. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 163(3), 272-282. doi:10.1080/00221320209598683
10. Entertainment Software Association. (2012). 2012 essential facts about the computer and video game industry. Retrieved July 01, 2012, from www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2012.pdf
11. Ferguson, C. J. (2010). Blazing angels or resident evil? Can violent video games be a force for good? Review of General Psychology, 14(2), 68-81. doi:10.1037/a0018941
12. Fisch, S. M., Lesh, R., Motoki, E., Crespo, S., & Melfi, V. (2011). Children's mathematical reasoning in online games: Can data mining reveal strategic thinking? Child Development Perspectives, 5(2), 88-92. doi:10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00161.x
13. Gee, J. P. (2003). What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
14. Green, C. S., & Bavelier, D. (2003). Action video game modifies visual selective attention. Nature, 423(6939), 534-538. doi:10.1038/nature01647
15. Green, C. S., & Bavelier, D. (2006a). Effect of action video games on spatial distribution of visuospatial attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32(6), 1465-1478. doi:10.1037/0096-1523.32.6.1465
16. Green, C. S., & Bavelier, D. (2006b). Enumeration versus multiple object tracking: The case of action video game players. Cognition, 101(1), 217-245. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2005.10.004
17. Green, C. S., & Bavelier, D. (2007). Action video game experience alters the spatial resolution of attention. Psychological Science, 18, 88-94. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01853.x
18. Greenfield, P. M. (1994). Video games as cultural artifacts. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 15(1), 3-12. doi:10.1016/0193-3973(94)90003-5
19. Greenfield, P. M., Camaioni, L., Ercolani, P., Weiss, L., Lauber, B. A., & Perucchini, P. (1994). Cognitive socialization by computer games in two cultures: Inductive discovery or mastery of an iconic code? Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 15(1), 59-85. doi:10.1016/0193-3973(94)90006-X
20. Hamlen, K. R. (2011). Children's choices and strategies in video games. Computers in Human Behavior, 27(1), 532-539. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2010.10.001
21. Karle, J. W., Watter, S., & Shedden, J. M. (2010). Task switching in video game players: Benefits of selective attention but not resistance to proactive interference. Acta Psychologica, 134(1), 70-78. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.12.007
22. Kato, P. M. (2012). Evaluating efficacy and validating games for health. Games for Health Journal: Research, Development, and Clinical Applications, 1(1), 74-76.
23. Lehrman, R. A. (2012, March 18). Video game nation: Why so many play. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved July 9, 2012, from www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2012/0318/Video-game-nation-Why-so-many-play
24. MacArthur Foundation Digital Media Digital Learning Initiative. (2012, September). Digital Media and Learning. Retrieved from www.macfound.org/media/article_pdfs/Digital_Media_Learning_Info_Sheet.pdf
25. Masson, M. E. J., Bub, D. N., & Lalonde, C. E. (2011). Video-game training and naïve reasoning about object motion. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25(1), 166-173. doi:10.1002/acp.1658
26. Okagaki, L., & Frensch, P. (1994). Effects of video game playing on measures of spatial performance: Gender effects in late adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 15(1), 33-58. doi:10.1016/0193-3973(94)90005-1
27. Pillay, H. (2002). An investigation of the cognitive processes engaged in by recreational computer game players: Implications for skills of the future. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 34, 336-350.
28. Pirolli, P., & Recker, M. M. (1995). Modeling individual differences in students' learning strategies. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 4, 1-38.
29. 2: Media in the lives of 8- to 18-year-olds. Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation.
30. Salonius-Pasternak, D. E., & Gelfond, H. S. (2005). The next level of research on electronic play: Potential benefits and contextual influences for children and adolescents. Human Technology: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT Environments, 1, 5-22.
31. Sims, V. K., & Mayer, R. E. (2002). Domain specificity of spatial expertise: The case of video game players. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 16, 97-115.
32. Squire, K. (2006). From content to context: Videogames as designed experience. Educational Researcher, 35, 19-29.
33. Squire, K. D. (2008). Video game-based learning: An emerging paradigm for instruction. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 21(2), 7-36. doi:10.1002/piq.20020
34. Staiano, A. E., Abraham, A. A., & Calvert, S. L. (2012). Competitive versus cooperative exergame play for African American adolescents' executive function skills: Short-term effects in a long-term training intervention. Developmental Psychology, 48(2), 337-342. doi:10.1037/a0026938
35. Subrahmanyam, K., & Greenfield, P. M. (1994). Effect of video game practice on spatial skills in girls and boys. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 15(1), 13-32. doi:10.1016/0193-3973(94)90004-3
36. Tüzün, H. (2007). Blending video games with learning: Issues and challenges with classroom implementations in the Turkish context. British Journal of Educational Technology, 38, 465-477.
37. VanDeventer, S. S., & White, J. A. (2002). Expert behavior in children's video game play. Simulation & Gaming, 33, 28-48.
38. Van Eck, R. V. (2006). Digital game-based learning. Educause Review, 41(2), 17-30.
39. Zimmerman, B. J. (2008). Investigating self-regulation and motivation: Historical background, methodological developments, and future prospects. American Educational Research Journal, 45(1), 166-183. doi:10.3102/0002831207312909