Intelligence and video games: beyond “brain-games”

Video games are among the most popular leisure activities in current Western societies. Psychology research has shown correlations, at the latent level, between intelligence and video games ranging from 0.60 to 0.93. Here we analyze whether video games genre can account for this range of correlation...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Quiroga, M.A., Aranda, A., Román González, Francisco Javier, Privado, J., Colom Marañón, Roberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/709526
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/709526
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:intelligence
video games
video games genres
computerized assessment
Psicología
id ES_8c5cb161ec15a00c20d5cfa38e3904aa
oai_identifier_str oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/709526
network_acronym_str ES
network_name_str España
repository_id_str
spelling Intelligence and video games: beyond “brain-games”Quiroga, M.A.Aranda, A.Román González, Francisco JavierPrivado, J.Colom Marañón, Robertointelligencevideo gamesvideo games genrescomputerized assessmentPsicologíaVideo games are among the most popular leisure activities in current Western societies. Psychology research has shown correlations, at the latent level, between intelligence and video games ranging from 0.60 to 0.93. Here we analyze whether video games genre can account for this range of correlations by testing one hundred and thirty-four participants playing ten video games of different genres for iPad® and WiiU® (Art of Balance®, Blek, Crazy Pool, EDGE®, Hook, Rail Maze, SkyJump, Space Invaders, Splatoon® and Unpossible) within a controlled playing environment. Gaming performance was correlated with standard measures of fluid reasoning, visuospatial ability, and processing speed. Results revealed a correlation value of 0.79 between latent factors representing general intelligence (g) and video games general performance (gVG). This finding leads to conclude that: (1) performance intelligence tests and video games is supported by shared cognitive processes and (2) brain-games are not the only genre able to produce performance measures comparable to intelligence standardized tests. From a theoretical perspective, the observed result supports the principle of the indifference of the indicator that has been addressed in intelligence research across decadesElsevierUAM. Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/709526reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésIntelligencehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2019.05.001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7095262025-07-23T07:40:42Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intelligence and video games: beyond “brain-games”
title Intelligence and video games: beyond “brain-games”
spellingShingle Intelligence and video games: beyond “brain-games”
Quiroga, M.A.
intelligence
video games
video games genres
computerized assessment
Psicología
title_short Intelligence and video games: beyond “brain-games”
title_full Intelligence and video games: beyond “brain-games”
title_fullStr Intelligence and video games: beyond “brain-games”
title_full_unstemmed Intelligence and video games: beyond “brain-games”
title_sort Intelligence and video games: beyond “brain-games”
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Quiroga, M.A.
Aranda, A.
Román González, Francisco Javier
Privado, J.
Colom Marañón, Roberto
author Quiroga, M.A.
author_facet Quiroga, M.A.
Aranda, A.
Román González, Francisco Javier
Privado, J.
Colom Marañón, Roberto
author_role author
author2 Aranda, A.
Román González, Francisco Javier
Privado, J.
Colom Marañón, Roberto
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv UAM. Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la Salud
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv intelligence
video games
video games genres
computerized assessment
Psicología
topic intelligence
video games
video games genres
computerized assessment
Psicología
description Video games are among the most popular leisure activities in current Western societies. Psychology research has shown correlations, at the latent level, between intelligence and video games ranging from 0.60 to 0.93. Here we analyze whether video games genre can account for this range of correlations by testing one hundred and thirty-four participants playing ten video games of different genres for iPad® and WiiU® (Art of Balance®, Blek, Crazy Pool, EDGE®, Hook, Rail Maze, SkyJump, Space Invaders, Splatoon® and Unpossible) within a controlled playing environment. Gaming performance was correlated with standard measures of fluid reasoning, visuospatial ability, and processing speed. Results revealed a correlation value of 0.79 between latent factors representing general intelligence (g) and video games general performance (gVG). This finding leads to conclude that: (1) performance intelligence tests and video games is supported by shared cognitive processes and (2) brain-games are not the only genre able to produce performance measures comparable to intelligence standardized tests. From a theoretical perspective, the observed result supports the principle of the indifference of the indicator that has been addressed in intelligence research across decades
publishDate 2019
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2019
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
format article
status_str acceptedVersion
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv http://hdl.handle.net/10486/709526
url http://hdl.handle.net/10486/709526
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
language_invalid_str_mv Inglés
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Intelligence
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2019.05.001
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Elsevier
publisher.none.fl_str_mv Elsevier
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
instname:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
instname_str Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
reponame_str Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
collection Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1844168619679809536
score 15,638193

Similares en LA Referencia