Action video games and improved attentional control: Disentangling selection- and response-based processes

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Joseph D Chisholm, Alan Kingstone

Abstract

Research has demonstrated that experience with action video games is associated with improvements in a host of cognitive tasks. Evidence from paradigms that assess aspects of attention has suggested that action video game players (AVGPs) possess greater control over the allocation of attentional resources than do non-video-game players (NVGPs). Using a compound search task that teased apart selection- and response-based processes (Duncan, 1985), we required participants to perform an oculomotor capture task in which they made saccades to a uniquely colored target (selection-based process) and then produced a manual directional response based on information within the target (response-based process). We replicated the finding that AVGPs are less susceptible to attentional distraction and, critically, revealed that AVGPs outperform NVGPs on both selection-based and response-based processes. These results not only are consistent with the improved-attentional-control account of AVGP benefits, but they suggest that the benefit of action video game playing extends across the full breadth of attention-mediated stimulus-response processes that impact human performance.

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Jun 15, 2015·Acta Psychologica·Joseph D Chisholm, Alan Kingstone
Jul 6, 2016·Frontiers in Psychology·Ping WangXi-Nian Zuo
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Oct 11, 2019·Neuron·Daphne Bavelier, C Shawn Green
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