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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 type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Scientific Reports | ||||
| Publisher: | Nature | ||||
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| Open Access Type: | Due to SHERPA/RoMEO | ||||
| Place of Publication: | LONDON | ||||
| Volume: | 9 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | p. 6027 | ||||
| Date | 2019 | ||||
| Institutions | Human Sciences > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie I (Allgemeine Psychologie I und Methodenlehre) - Prof. Dr. Mark W. Greenlee | ||||
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| Keywords | WORKING-MEMORY; ATTENTIONAL CONTROL; DIFFUSION-MODEL; REACTION-TIMES; GLOBAL MOTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; BINDING; SPEED; INFORMATION; VARIABILITY; | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology 500 Science > 570 Life sciences | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-411448 | ||||
| Item ID | 41144 |
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