Florida Researchers Find Video Games May Not Enhance Cogniti
FSU researchers say previous studies that conclude that video games lead to boosted cognitive abilities are flawed
Video game studies seem to be a dime a dozen these days, and they have a variety of conclusions.
A few examples would be the University of Rochester's study back in February, which claimed that certain video games, such as "Call of Duty 2," improve decision-making in gamers while other games like "The Sims 2" did not.
Other more negative outcomes came from a Brigham Young University study, which claimed that video games lead to poor relationships, and a University of Missouri study, which said that violent video games cause aggression in some gamers.
Now there's a new study to add to the mix, which contradicts the University of Rochester's decision-making conclusion. According to Florida State University researchers, video games may not heighten cognition.
Walter Boot, study leader and assistant professor in Florida State University's Department of Psychology, along with FSU psychology doctoral student Daniel Blakely and University of Illinois co-author Daniel Simons, have found that video games do not alter cognitive abilities, according to EurekAlert.
Boot grew up playing video games and was excited to hear that they could enhance measures of attention. His team even conducted similar video game studies to see if they led to other increased abilities, but were unable to find the benefits discovered in prior studies.
Boot and his team have now made the argument that previous studies, which concluded that video games do lead to advanced cognitive abilities, have several methodological flaws because they compared the skills of frequent gamers to non-gamers. The team added that game experience also does not cause better cognitive abilities, but rather, it could just be that individuals who have the abilities to be achieved gamers are just drawn to gaming.
"Despite the hype, in reality, there is little solid evidence that games enhance cognition at all," said Boot. "The idea that video games could enhance cognition was exciting because it represented one of the few cases in which cognitive training enhanced abilities that weren't directly practiced. But we found no benefits of video game training.
If people are playing games to improve their cognition, they may be wasting their time. Play games because you enjoy them, not because they boost your brain power."
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