Influence of Video Game Playing on Change Detection: An Eye Tracking Study
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2022-12-17
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7
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1
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Extensive video gameplay has been associated with enhanced cognitive abilities, specifically
with respect to mechanisms of perception and attention. However, it is unclear
if these enhancements are specific to video games, or if instead can be applied broadly.
Furthermore, the underlying reasons for these effects are unclear. The present experiment
focused on determining; (1) if video game players (VGPs) outperform non-video game
players (NVGPs) in a non-video game based task (i.e., change detection), and (2) if
superior oculomotor behavior is present in VGPs by assessing their number of fixations,
fixation latencies, and response initiation after target fixation to determine if eye-movement
patterns might be a possible reason for the associated behavioral enhancements. To
that end, 36 participants (9 VGPs and 27 NVGPs) were recruited from the University of
Hawaiʻi at Mānoa with the VGP criterion as someone who plays four or more hours of
video games per week. Participants were presented with a stream of visual events where
one target item changes in the scene while having their oculomotor movements tracked
by a web-based eye-tracker. Participants were tasked with detecting the changing target
item as quickly and accurately as possible. Results failed to show a significant difference
between VGPs and NVGPs for change detection performance and oculomotor measurements.
Limitations and future extensions will be discussed in context with the notion
that video game experience associated differences could modulate spatial awareness and
visual search strategies, as well as oculomotor behavior.
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