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Pavan, Andrea ; Hobaek, Martine ; Blurton, Steven P. ; Contillo, Adriano ; Ghin, Filippo ; Greenlee, Mark W.

Visual short-term memory for coherent motion in video game players: evidence from a memory-masking paradigm

Pavan, Andrea, Hobaek, Martine, Blurton, Steven P., Contillo, Adriano, Ghin, Filippo and Greenlee, Mark W. (2019) Visual short-term memory for coherent motion in video game players: evidence from a memory-masking paradigm. Scientific Reports 9 (1), p. 6027.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 16 Dec 2019 08:40
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.41144


Abstract

In this study, we investigated visual short-term memory for coherent motion in action video game players (AVGPs), non-action video game players (NAVGPs), and non-gamers (control group: CONs). Participants performed a visual memory-masking paradigm previously used with macaque monkeys and humans. In particular, we tested whether video game players form a more robust visual short-term memory trace ...

In this study, we investigated visual short-term memory for coherent motion in action video game players (AVGPs), non-action video game players (NAVGPs), and non-gamers (control group: CONs). Participants performed a visual memory-masking paradigm previously used with macaque monkeys and humans. In particular, we tested whether video game players form a more robust visual short-term memory trace for coherent moving stimuli during the encoding phase, and whether such memory traces are less affected by an intervening masking stimulus presented 0.2 s after the offset of the to-be-remembered sample. The results showed that task performance of all groups was affected by the masking stimulus, but video game players were affected to a lesser extent than controls. Modelling of performance values and reaction times revealed that video game players have a lower guessing rate than CONs, and higher drift rates than CONs, indicative of more efficient perceptual decisions. These results suggest that video game players exhibit a more robust VSTM trace for moving objects and this trace is less prone to external interference.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleScientific Reports
Publisher:Nature
Open Access Type:Due to SHERPA/RoMEO
Place of Publication:LONDON
Volume:9
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:1
Page Range:p. 6027
Date2019
InstitutionsHuman Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie I (Allgemeine Psychologie I und Methodenlehre) - Prof. Dr. Mark W. Greenlee
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10.1038/s41598-019-42593-0DOI
KeywordsWORKING-MEMORY; ATTENTIONAL CONTROL; DIFFUSION-MODEL; REACTION-TIMES; GLOBAL MOTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; BINDING; SPEED; INFORMATION; VARIABILITY;
Dewey Decimal Classification100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology
500 Science > 570 Life sciences
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-411448
Item ID41144

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