STUDY SHOWS GAMERS’ SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HALLUCINATORY-LIKE PHENOMENA AND THOUGHT INTRUSIONS

Re-experiencing sounds, images, and tactile sensations from video games or mobile phones are common among gamers, a new study showed. Younger adults appeared to be more susceptible to intrusions with video game content, intrusive thoughts and hallucinations. The study, carried out by Dr Angelica B. Ortiz de Gortari, a lead […]

Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic & Game Transfer Phenomena

My article examining Game Transfer Phenomena during the pandemic has been published in the Entertainment Computing journal. “Coping with COVID-19 pandemic stressors: Comparisons between non-players and players, and levels of Game Transfer Phenomena.” In this study, I wanted to explore if playing video games offered some benefits during the pandemic […]

Make your voice heard! COVID-19 & video games

Contribute to the science of video games. Participate in our studies. The aim of these studies is to understand people’s responses to the exposure to digital media to inform and demystify spontaneous sensory perceptions, cognition and behaviours experienced after playing video games, so-called Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP). The coronavirus outbreak […]

Participate: Study on sports & simulation video games

What is the study about? This survey is part of a series of studies to understand people’s responses to the exposure to digital media to inform and demystify Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP). The coronavirus outbreak has imposed new rules on people’s lives. A large number of the world’s population is […]