Visual context processing and its development in gamers and non-gamers

Kutuk B., Aslan A., AYTEMÜR A.

DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE, cilt.26, sa.1, 2023 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/desc.13268
  • Dergi Adı: DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), MEDLINE, Psycinfo
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Visual context processing was investigated in both action video game players and nonplayers using the Ebbinghaus illusion task (N = 312, 39.4% female) in a cross-sectional study design. When presented in context, players showed markedly poorer target size discrimination accuracy compared with nonplayers in the 6-, 7-, 8-, and 9-years old age groups, but this difference was reduced in 10-years old group and diminished in adults. When presented in isolation (no-context), the two groups displayed similar performance in all age groups. Furthermore, nonplayers (linear) and players (bell curve) showed profoundly different age-related differences in context processing. These findings provide evidence that players might have enhanced perceptual bias to process visual context in the transition from early childhood to early adolescence, and the differences between the two groups start at early ages and continue with distinct developmental profiles.