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The Relationship of the Preferred Types of Digital Games and Executive Functions in 6-7-Year-Old Children

Published:2023-11-03 Issue:4 Volume:28 Page:32-51
ISSN:1814-2052
Container-title:Психологическая наука и образование
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Author:

Plotnikova V.A.¹^ORCID,Bukhalenkova D.A.¹^ORCID,Chichinina E.A.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract

<p>This study aimed to examine the relationship of the types of digital games preferred by preschoolers and their executive functions. For a more detailed study we created a classification of the games in question based on the content analysis of the participants’ interview, game mechanism, and the required cognitive functions. 6 types of digital games were developed: quick reaction games, logic games, educational games, strategic games, drawing games, and simulators. The overall sample comprised 335 children (48.6% girls) aged 6–7 (M=74.6 months, SD=6.06 months). The study included assessment of the executive functions and an interview about digital games. We used the NEPSY-II subtests to measure the examinees’ executive functions level: visual and verbal working memory, and inhibition. We also used “The Dimensional Change Card Sort” to assess cognitive flexibility. Data analysis revealed that quick reaction games were the most popular at this age. The next favourite were logic games, strategic games, and simulators’. The study demonstrated quick reaction game players’ visual working memory was better developed than in the non-players. Logic game players processed information at a higher speed than the non-players. Simulation game players obtained higher score in cognitive inhibition, than the children who didn’t like this type of games.</p>

Publisher

Moscow State University of Psychology and Education

Subject

Developmental and Educational Psychology,Education,Social Psychology,Psychology (miscellaneous)

Link

https://psyjournals.ru/journals/pse/archive/2023_n4/Plotnikova_et_al.pdf

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