Cognitive Enhancement Through Action Video Game Training: Great Expectations Require Greater Evidence

Frontiers in Psychology

Joshua E Mervis¹  Joseph eBisoglio¹  Brandon K Ashinoff³  Timothy I Michaels⁴ 

[1] Columbia University Medical Center;Manhattan Psychiatric Center;New York University;Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene;

关键词: Cognition;    Neurophysiology;    cognitive remediation;    cognitive enhancement;    action video games;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00136

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Action video game training may hold promise as a cognitive intervention with the potential to enhance daily functioning and remediate impairments, but this must be more thoroughly evaluated through evidence-based practices. We review current research on the effect of action video game training on visual attention and visuospatial processing, executive functions, and learning and memory. Focusing on studies that utilize strict experimental controls and synthesize behavioral and neurophysiological data, we examine whether there is sufficient evidence to support a causal relationship between action video game training and beneficial changes in cognition.
Convergent lines of behavioral and neurophysiological evidence tentatively support the efficacy of training, but the magnitude and specificity of these effects remain obscure. Causal inference is thus far limited by a lack of standardized and well-controlled methodology. Considering future directions, we suggest stringent adherence to evidence based practices and collaboration modeled after clinical trial networks. Finally, we recommend the exploration of more complex causal models, such as indirect causal relationships and interactions that may be masking true effects.

【 授权许可】

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