The Impact of Action Video Game Training on Mathematical Abilities in Adults

Autor/inn/en	Libertus, Melissa E.; Liu, Allison; Pikul, Olga; Jacques, Theodore; Cardoso-Leite, Pedro; Halberda, Justin; Bavelier, Daphne
Titel	The Impact of Action Video Game Training on Mathematical Abilities in Adults
Quelle	In: AERA Open, 3 (2017) 4, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-8584
Schlagwörter	Video Games; Adults; Teaching Methods; Attention; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Mathematics Skills; College Students; Program Effectiveness; Achievement Tests; Intelligence Tests; New York (Rochester); Wide Range Achievement Test; Raven Progressive Matrices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Aufmerksamkeit; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Collegestudent; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest
Abstract	Playing action video games has previously been linked to improvements in attentional control, the ability to choose what to attend and what to ignore that relies on a frontoparietal network of the brain. Here we asked whether action video game training would impact a range of mathematical abilities that rely on similar brain regions. Twenty-four adults completed extensive cognitive testing before, after 25 hr, and after 40 hr of video game training. Half of the participants trained on an action video game, the other half trained on a nonaction video game. Action video game training yielded no significant improvements in foundational number-processing skills and attentional control in this study but some improvements on standardized assessments of complex mathematics. Thus, although action video game play is clearly not an intervention of choice when considering mathematical skills, the present study suggests its use as a recreational activity may support, albeit weakly, complex mathematical skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01