Impact of 3D/VR action video games on players' cognition, problem solving and its implications in simulation training

Abstract

As video game becomes more and more popular, its impact on our life, work and learning seems to be more important. Psychologists and educators have been focused their attention on its social and cognitive effect on players in the past 30 to 40 years. They have done many studies on its effect on players' social and cognitive development. It has been found that video game experience do exert positive effects on human's improvement in basic cognitive skills, such as cognition, distribution of attentional resources, perceptual learning, etc. and problem solving. Based on the previous literatures and our studies, we will briefly review the impact of video game play on players' cognitive development and problem solving. Finally, the implications of video game play on cognitive development and training are discussed. © Springer-Verlag 2010.