Nivala, Markus and Cichy, Agnes and Gruber, Hans (2018) How prior experience, cognitive skills and practice are related with eye-hand span and performance in video gaming. JOURNAL OF EYE MOVEMENT RESEARCH, 11 (3): 1. ISSN 1995-8692,
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Research has shown that performance in visual domains depends on domain-specific cognitive and perceptual adaptations that result from extensive practice. However, less is known about processes and factors that underpin the acquisition of such adaptations. The present study investigated how prior experience, cognitive skills, task difficulty and practice effect eye-hand span (EHS) and performance in video gaming. Thirty-three participants played a platformer video game in a pre-test/practice/post-test experiment. Eye movements and keypresses were recorded. The results show that a short practice period improved performance but did not increase EHS. Instead, EHS was related to task difficulty. Furthermore, while EHS correlated with initial performance, this effect seemed to diminish after practice. Cognitive skills (concentration endurance, working memory, mental flexibility and executive functioning) predicted performance in some parts of the experiment. The study offers insights into the early development of visual adaptations and performance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MULTIPLE-OBJECT TRACKING; SIGHT READING MUSIC; GAME PLAYERS; ATTENTION SKILLS; WORKING-MEMORY; ABILITIES; MOVEMENTS; CHILDREN; TRAIL; TASK; Cognitive skills; eye movement; eye-hand span; performance; practice; prior experience; video gaming; eye tracking; new media; gaze |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 370 Education |
| Divisions: | Psychology and Pedagogy > Institut für Pädagogik Psychology and Pedagogy > Institut für Pädagogik > Lehrstuhl für Pädagogik III (Prof. Dr. Hans Gruber) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2020 13:49 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2020 13:49 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/15363 |
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