Comparison of mental rotation ability, attentional capacity and cognitive flexibility in action video gamers and non-gamers

Nowadays, video games have become the most popular form of entertainment. For this reason, it is crucial to investigate positive and negative consequences gaming. The action genre played amongst gamers interesting for cognitive psychology research because gaming requires many perceptual abilities. present study examined association between playing ability mentally rotate objects, track multiple switch tasks. Using a sample emerging young adults (18–37 years old), we compared non-gamers (N = 81) 82). Results showed that was related better mental rotation higher attentional capacity. Although switched tasks faster than non-gamers, groups did not differ in switching costs, which are an important indicator flexibility. results suggest positively associated with information processing speed, attention, visuospatial abilities, possible use such improve these