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Action Video Game Training for Healthy Adults: A Meta-Analytic Study

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Wang, Ping, Liu, Han-Hui, Zhu, Xing-Ting, Meng, Tian, Li, Hui-Jie, Zuo, Xi-Nian·2016·Frontiers in Psychology
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00907PMC PMC4911405
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Action video game (AVG) has attracted increasing attention from both the public and from researchers. More and more studies found video game training improved a variety of cognitive functions. However, it remains controversial whether healthy adults can benefit from AVG training, and whether young and older adults benefit similarly from AVG training. In the present study, we aimed to quantitatively assess the AVG training effect on the cognitive ability of adults and to compare the training effects on young and older adults by conducting a meta-analysis on previous findings. We systematically searched video game training studies published between January 1986 and July 2015. Twenty studies were included in the present meta-analysis, for a total of 313 participants included in the training group and 323 participants in the control group. The results demonstrate that healthy adults achieve moderate benefit from AVG training in overall cognitive ability and moderate to small benefit in specific cognitive domains. In contrast, young adults gain more benefits from AVG training than older adults in both overall cognition and specific cognitive domains. Age, education, and some methodological factors, such as the session duration, session number, total training duration, and control group type, modulated the training effects. These meta-analytic findings provide evidence that AVG training may serve as an efficient way to improve the cognitive performance of healthy adults. We also discussed several directions for future AVG training studies.

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Authors
Wang, P., Liu, H.-H., Zhu, X.-T., Meng, T., Li, H.-J., & Zuo, X.-N.
Affiliations
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • China Youth University for Political Sciences (CN)
Corresponding author
Li, Hui-Jie
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Venue
Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2016-06-17
Volume
7
Pages
907-907
ISSN
1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00907
PMC
PMC4911405
OpenAlex
W2419275396
Cited by
145
References
103
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 2
FWCI
21.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
Locations
  • Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Repository of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion)
  • Greater South Information System
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (973 Program, 81171409)
  • Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2016084)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2015CB351702)
  • Youth Innovation Promotion Association (2016084)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords
action video games, video game training, cognitive training, cognitive ability, healthy adults, young and older adults, age differences, training effects, modulation factor, session duration, training duration

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