Can playing video games enhance reading skills through more efficient serial visual search mechanisms? Insights from an eye tracking study

Published online on 15th October, 2024.

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Authors: Minissi, Maria Eleonora, Antzaka, Alexia, Mancini, Simona, Lallier, Marie
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Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Universidad del País Vasco
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Keyword:Action video games
visual attention
serial visual search
reading skills
eye movements
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spelling Can playing video games enhance reading skills through more efficient serial visual search mechanisms? Insights from an eye tracking studyMinissi, Maria EleonoraAntzaka, AlexiaMancini, SimonaLallier, MarieAction video gamesvisual attentionserial visual searchreading skillseye movementsPublished online on 15th October, 2024.Reading disorders are associated with atypical top-down visual attention (VA) processes like reduced VA span and slower serial visual search (SVS). In contrast, expert action video game (AVG) players, known for their efficient top-down VA, exhibit improved reading abilities. It is unclear whether these benefits stem solely from AVGs or apply to other gaming experiences. To explore this, AVG players (AVGPs), players of genres excluding AVGs (VGPs), and non-players were evaluated on their VA span, and behavioural and oculomotor performance in SVS. VGPs, but not AVGPs, demonstrated enhanced performance and oculomotor behaviour in SVS compared to non-players, while both player groups showed a trend towards better VA span skills. Notably, reading-related skills were enhanced in the two player groups, but particularly more so in VGPs. These findings support the existence of potential benefits of playing video games different from classical AVGs for the development of top-down VA and reading-related abilities.This research is supported by the Basque Government through the BERC 2022–2025 programme and Funded by the Spanish State Research Agency through BCBL Severo Ochoa excellence accreditation CEX2020-001010/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. The authors acknowledge financial support from the Basque Government (PRE 2017 2 0049 to A.A; PIBA18-29 to M.L.) and the Spanish Government (RTI2018-096242-B-I00, PRP-PID2022-136989OB-I00, and RYC-2015-17356 to M.L.; PID2020-113945RB-I00, and RYC-2017-22015 to S.M.). M.E.M. was supported by the Valencian Community [grant number GRISOLIAP/2019/137; CIBEFP/2021/38] and by the Polytechnic University of Valencia [grant number: Predoctoral Mobility Grant of 2021] during the writing of the manuscript.Taylor & Francis202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/75680reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/GV/BERC 2022-2025/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/SEV-CEX2020-001010/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/GV/PRE 2017 2 0049/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/GV/PIBA18-29/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/RTI2018-096242-B-I00/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/PRP-PID2022-136989OB-I00/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/RYC-2015-17356/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/PID2020-113945RB-I00/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/RYC-2017-22015/https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/plcp21info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess© 2024 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/756802026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Can playing video games enhance reading skills through more efficient serial visual search mechanisms? Insights from an eye tracking study
title Can playing video games enhance reading skills through more efficient serial visual search mechanisms? Insights from an eye tracking study
spellingShingle Can playing video games enhance reading skills through more efficient serial visual search mechanisms? Insights from an eye tracking study
Minissi, Maria Eleonora
Action video games
visual attention
serial visual search
reading skills
eye movements
title_short Can playing video games enhance reading skills through more efficient serial visual search mechanisms? Insights from an eye tracking study
title_full Can playing video games enhance reading skills through more efficient serial visual search mechanisms? Insights from an eye tracking study
title_fullStr Can playing video games enhance reading skills through more efficient serial visual search mechanisms? Insights from an eye tracking study
title_full_unstemmed Can playing video games enhance reading skills through more efficient serial visual search mechanisms? Insights from an eye tracking study
title_sort Can playing video games enhance reading skills through more efficient serial visual search mechanisms? Insights from an eye tracking study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Minissi, Maria Eleonora
Antzaka, Alexia
Mancini, Simona
Lallier, Marie
author Minissi, Maria Eleonora
author_facet Minissi, Maria Eleonora
Antzaka, Alexia
Mancini, Simona
Lallier, Marie
author_role author
author2 Antzaka, Alexia
Mancini, Simona
Lallier, Marie
author2_role author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Action video games
visual attention
serial visual search
reading skills
eye movements
topic Action video games
visual attention
serial visual search
reading skills
eye movements
description Published online on 15th October, 2024.
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