Educational games for brain health: Revealing their unexplored potential through a neurocognitive approach.

Autor/inn/en	Fissler, Patrick; Kolassa, Iris-Tatjana; Schrader, Claudia
Titel	Educational games for brain health: Revealing their unexplored potential through a neurocognitive approach. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Lernspiele für die Hirngesundheit: Aufzeigung ihres unerforschten Potentials durch einen neurokognitiven Ansatz.
Quelle	In: Frontiers in psychology, (2015) 6, 6 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1664-1078
DOI	10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01056
Schlagwörter	Kognitionswissenschaft; Kognitive Kompetenz; Kognitiver Prozess; Spiel; Erfahrungslernen; Lehrmethode; Gehirn; Sprachenlernen; Fremdsprache; Gesundheit
Abstract	Presents a review of two lines of research which indicate a currently unexplored potential of educational games to promote brain health: gaming with specific neurocognitive demands and educational learning experiences. First, research on the effect of games with specific neurocognitive demands (e.g., executive control) on brain health is reviewed. Next, the positive impact of educational learning experiences (e.g., studying foreign languages) on brain health markers is discussed. These markers include cognitive ability, brain function, and brain structure. It is argued that, as educational games allow the combination of specific neurocognitive demands with educational learning experiences, they are optimally suited for promoting brain health. Finally, a two-step neurocognitive approach is proposed that could reveal this unexplored potential of educational games in future research, by identifying and testing appropriate games. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2026/3