ArticleFrontiers in psychology2015
Differential effects of wakeful rest, music and video game playing on working memory performance in the n-back task.
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- Wakeful resting and listening to music contrast their effects on verbal long-term memory in dependence on word concreteness.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2022Article
- Impact of Music on Working Memory in Rwanda.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Immediate Attention Enhancement and Restoration From Interactive and Immersive Technologies: A Scoping Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Short-term effects of video gaming on brain response during working memory performance.PloS one · 2019Article
- Music and Video Gaming during Breaks: Influence on Habitual versus Goal-Directed Decision Making.PloS one · 2016Article
- The Impact of Age-Related Hearing Loss on Working Memory among Older Individuals: An Event-Related Potential Study.Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extraArticle
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Abstract
The interruption of learning processes by breaks filled with diverse activities is common in everyday life. We investigated the effects of active computer gaming and passive relaxation (rest and music) breaks on working memory performance. Young adults were exposed to breaks involving (i) eyes-open resting, (ii) listening to music and (iii) playing the video game "Angry Birds" before performing the n-back working memory task. Based on linear mixed-effects modeling, we found that playing the "Angry Birds" video game during a short learning break led to a decline in task performance over the course of the task as compared to eyes-open resting and listening to music, although overall task performance was not impaired. This effect was associated with high levels of daily mind wandering and low self-reported ability to concentrate. These findings indicate that video games can negatively affect working memory performance over time when played in between learning tasks. We suggest further investigation of these effects because of their relevance to everyday activity.
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