Time to Acclimate: Examining the Influence of Cognitive Ability on Situating to a Video Game
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-1-2020
Publication Title
Proceedings of 17th International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age
First page number:
157
Last page number:
164
Abstract
The current study was designed to examine the relationship between cognitive ability and player experience in shaping how players think within, and acclimate to, video games as complex systems. Specifically, researchers examined the relationship between player's cognitive ability and gameplay outcomes within a video game (i.e., The Deed). Outcomes were evaluated and contrasted after two discrete playthroughs, each lasting approximately 30 minutes. Logistic regression indicated that cognitive ability predicted individual outcomes for both the first and second playthrough, but did not predict growth between playthroughs (i.e., outcome change). Findings are then discussed in terms of an acclimation stage.
Keywords
Acclimation stage; Cognitive ability; Player experience; Video games
Disciplines
Cognition and Perception | Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Language
English
Repository Citation
Mccreery, M. P.,
Head, D.,
Fiorentini, J. P.,
Leif, S.,
Krach, S. K.,
Cole, L. L.,
Bacos, C. A.,
Laferriere, J.
(2020).
Time to Acclimate: Examining the Influence of Cognitive Ability on Situating to a Video Game.
Proceedings of 17th International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age
157-164.