Age matters: The effect of onset age of video game play on task-switching abilities

• Main Authors: HARTANTO, Andree, TOH, Wei Xing, YANG, Hwajin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Executive functions; Mixing costs; Onset age of active video game play; Switch costs; Task switching; Video game; Cognition and Perception; Cognitive Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2086; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3343/viewcontent/10.3758_2Fs13414_016_1068_9.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Although prior research suggests that playing video games can improve cognitive abilities, recent empirical studies cast doubt on such findings (Unsworth et al., 2015). To reconcile these inconsistent findings, we focused on the link between video games and task switching. Furthermore, we conceptual...