Journal article
Behavioral and Neural Effects of Game-Based Learning on Improving Computational Fluency With Numbers: An Optical Brain Imaging Study
Zeitschrift für Psychologie, v 224(4), pp 297-302
2016
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Abstract
This study examines the short-term behavioral and neural effects of an educational mobile game called MathDash on computational fluency. A portable functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIR) device was used to monitor changes in the prefrontal cortices of middle school students due to game-based training. Our aim is to explore changes in neural activity at regions in the prefrontal cortex associated with the management of working memory and attentional resources due to arithmetic training with MathDash. Overall, our results indicated that playing MathDash for a short duration of time elicited behavioral improvements as well as functional changes in bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
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- Title
- Behavioral and Neural Effects of Game-Based Learning on Improving Computational Fluency With Numbers
- Creators
- Murat Perit Çakır - Middle East Technical UniversityNur Akkuş Çakır - Drexel University, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and DesignHasan Ayaz - Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health SystemsFrank J Lee - Drexel University, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- Publication Details
- Zeitschrift für Psychologie, v 224(4), pp 297-302
- Publisher
- Hogrefe Publishing
- Number of pages
- 6
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Digital Media; School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000393990500010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85012982112
- Other Identifier
- 991014878068104721
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- Industry collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Psychology, Multidisciplinary