The influence of peer accountability on attention during gameplay

The comparative advantages of competitive and cooperative multiplayer gameplay designs have been studied with mixed results. In this study, we have attempted to minimize other cooperative design attributes in order to focus on evaluating the effects of strong peer accountability on players' ove...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Yaqian, Goh, Wooi Boon
Other Authors: School of Computer Science and Engineering
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Published: 2019
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-902712020-03-07T11:49:01Z The influence of peer accountability on attention during gameplay Zhang, Yaqian Goh, Wooi Boon School of Computer Science and Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering Competition Cooperation The comparative advantages of competitive and cooperative multiplayer gameplay designs have been studied with mixed results. In this study, we have attempted to minimize other cooperative design attributes in order to focus on evaluating the effects of strong peer accountability on players' overall and sustained attention levels during competition and cooperation. A novel multiplayer game based on a cognitive task that uses the Stroop effect was developed and deployed in trials where quantitative in-game data measuring players' error rates and reaction times were collected for comparative analysis. The results show that players demonstrate higher levels of attention when they were made accountable to their partners as they make significantly less errors when cooperating than when competing. In addition, the individual response time data gathered reveals that peer accountability has a more positive influence on the performance of the slower partner and this performance improvement was not sustainable under situation where large performance disparity existed within the team. Physical proximity however, was not observed to have any significant positive influence on players’ performance during cooperative gameplay. Accepted version 2019-05-30T09:02:10Z 2019-12-06T17:44:29Z 2019-05-30T09:02:10Z 2019-12-06T17:44:29Z 2018 Journal Article Zhang, Y., & Goh, W. B. (2018). The influence of peer accountability on attention during gameplay. Computers in Human Behavior, 84, 18-28. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2018.02.021 0747-5632 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90271 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48499 10.1016/j.chb.2018.02.021 en Computers in Human Behavior © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Computers in Human Behavior and is made available with permission of Elsevier Ltd. 14 p. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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topic DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering
Competition
Cooperation
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Competition
Cooperation
Zhang, Yaqian
Goh, Wooi Boon
The influence of peer accountability on attention during gameplay
description The comparative advantages of competitive and cooperative multiplayer gameplay designs have been studied with mixed results. In this study, we have attempted to minimize other cooperative design attributes in order to focus on evaluating the effects of strong peer accountability on players' overall and sustained attention levels during competition and cooperation. A novel multiplayer game based on a cognitive task that uses the Stroop effect was developed and deployed in trials where quantitative in-game data measuring players' error rates and reaction times were collected for comparative analysis. The results show that players demonstrate higher levels of attention when they were made accountable to their partners as they make significantly less errors when cooperating than when competing. In addition, the individual response time data gathered reveals that peer accountability has a more positive influence on the performance of the slower partner and this performance improvement was not sustainable under situation where large performance disparity existed within the team. Physical proximity however, was not observed to have any significant positive influence on players’ performance during cooperative gameplay.
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