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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||