Resources

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To start, here are some links to relevant special issues:

• 2017 Special issue in Topics in Cognitive Science on Game XP: Action Games as Experimental Paradigms for Cognitive Science (Wayne D. Gray, ed.) https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12227
• 2015 Research topic in Frontiers in Psychology on Video Games as Tools to Achieve Insight into Cognitive Processes (Walter R. Boot, ed.)

Selection of relevant papers:

• Bavelier, D. and Green, C. S. (2019). Enhancing Attentional Control: Lessons from Action Video Games. Neuron, 104(1): 147-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.09.031
• Bediou, B., Adams, D. M., Mayer, R. E., Tipton, E., Green, C. S., & Bavelier, D. (2018). Meta-analysis of action video game impact on perceptual, attentional, and cognitive skills. Psychological Bulletin, 144(1), 77–110. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000130
• Chaarani, B., Ortigara, J., Yuan, D., Loso, H., Potter, A., and Garavan, H. P. (2022). Association of video gaming with cognitive performance among children. JAMA Open Network. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.35721
• Kokkinakis, A. V., Cowling, P. I., Drachen, A., and Wade, A. R. (2017). Exploring the relationship between video game expertise and fluid intelligence. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0186621. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186621
• McDermott, A. F., Bavelier, D., and Green, C. S. (2014). Memory abilities in action video game players. Computers in Human Behavior, 34, 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.018
• Oei, A. C. and Patterson, M. D. (2013). Enhancing Cognition with Video Games: A Multiple Game Training Study. PLOS ONE 8(3): e58546. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058546
• Sala, G., Tatlidil, S. K., & Gobet, F. (2018). Video game training does not enhance cognitive ability: A comprehensive meta-analytic investigation. Psychological Bulletin, 144, 111-139. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000139
• Zhang, RY., Chopin, A., Shibata, K. Lu, Z.-L., Jaeggi, S. M., Buschkuehl, M., Green, C. S., and Bavelier, D. (2021). Action video game play facilitates “learning to learn”. Communicationas Biology 4, 1154. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02652-7