Over the Hill at 24: Persistent Age-Related Cognitive-Motor Decline in Reaction Times in an Ecologically Valid Video Game Task Begins in Early Adulthood

Joseph J. Thompson; Mark R. Blair; Andrew J. Henrey

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094215

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Over the Hill at 24: Persistent Age-Related Cognitive-Motor Decline in Reaction Times in an Ecologically Valid Video Game Task Begins in Early Adulthood

Joseph J. Thompson ,

* E-mail: jjthomps@sfu.ca

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Mark R. Blair,

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Andrew J. Henrey

Affiliation Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Over the Hill at 24: Persistent Age-Related Cognitive-Motor Decline in Reaction Times in an Ecologically Valid Video Game Task Begins in Early Adulthood

Joseph J. Thompson,
Mark R. Blair,
Andrew J. Henrey

Published: April 9, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094215

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Interesting , But one question.

Posted by Dinoop on 16 Apr 2014 at 04:02 GMT

I have a specific question as you showed the age related decline, I wanted to understand whether you took in to consideration the years of experience in the game independent of age. For eg: A person who started gaming at 16 and who could be playing the game for 1 or 2 years could already have got bored of the game, or his interest in the game is lower than a person who got recently introduced to the game.This could also be a important factor in your results and would affect the level of attention of the gamer.

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Interesting , But one question.

Posted by Dinoop on 16 Apr 2014 at 04:02 GMT