Short-Term Effects of Video-Games on Cognitive Enhancement: the Role of Positive Emotions

Abstract According to established background knowledge, playing is essential in human development and a power remediation tool clinical populations. In interventions, the beneficial roles of have often been sought investigated specific features game, rather than positive emotions generated by playing. However, regardless game specifications, cognitive enhancement could be driven linked play. Establishing causal connections between play should allow us determine how involve therapy, prevention educational programmes. Today, video-gaming one most diffused forms first crossover randomized controlled trial, we compared short-term effects induced shooting puzzle video-games visual perception, sensorimotor reading skills children with developmental coordination disorder dyslexia. The funnier more activating enhanced breadth perception reduced disorders. Visual improvements correlated fun. second comparing same fighting video-game healthy young adults, show that characteristics, changes contextual enhancement, while play-driven biochemical activation boosted single word pseudoword reading. useful for treatment multiple