Action Video Game Players Experience Diminished Proactive Attention

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 12:28 in Psychology & Sociology

Video game players are often accused of passively reacting to tasks that are spoon fed to them through graphics and stimuli on the screen. Researchers show that playing lots of video games has different effects on two types of cognitive activity, proactive and reactive attention.

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