Table 2. Hypotheses about abilities improved by different game genres; x= the genre is hypothesized to produce significant improvements in performance; a=improvement expected in platformer games of this genre.
Ability | Game genre | ||||
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1st person shooter | 3rd person action-adventure | Strategy | Role playing | Massive multiplayer | |
Eye-hand coordination | X | X | X | X | X |
Memory | X | X | X | ||
Mental rotation | X | X | X | ||
Reasoning | X | X | |||
Response speed | X | X | X | ||
Supervisory | X | X | X | ||
Visual attention | X | Xa | |||
Working memory | X | X | X |