Effect of gaming mode upon the players' cognitive performance during brain games play: An exploratory research

Faizan Ahmad*, Zeeshan Ahmed, Sara Muneeb

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Abstract

An improvement in cognitive performance through brain games play is implicit yet progressive. It is necessary to explore factors that potentially accelerate this improvement process. Like various other significant yet unexplored aspects, it is equally essential to establish a performative (fusion of accuracy and efficiency) insight about players' cognition (memory, vision, and analytics) among the different modes of brain games. This paper presents empirical research (n=117) that investigates the impact of different modes of brain games (single vs. multiplayer) upon the players' cognitive performance. An accumulated result of the research revealed that the cognitive performance in memory stimulating and visual activity-oriented brain games play significantly boosts during multiplayer mode. Similarly, cognitive accuracy in analytical brain gameplay also increases during the multiplayer mode; however, it's rather inefficient. In addition, both the components of cognitive performance in single-player mode are reported as negatively correlated, while in the multiplayer mode it's rather contrary.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch Anthology on Game Design, Development, Usage, and Social Impact
PublisherIGI Global
Pages1411-1422
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9781668475904
ISBN (Print)1668475898, 9781668475898
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Oct 2022
Externally publishedYes

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