HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019! I hope this year you give yourself time to do at least one of the things that fill your life with happiness, but you have postponed for a while! 2018 was the year where I focused my energy on spreading the knowledge of GTP among my […]
The TAG team (Teen Advisory Group) at the Science World at Telus World of Science in Vancouver have the mission to organize events for teens called SWEET (Science World Extravagant Evening for Teens). In November, I was invited to give a talk to young people “The Psychology of Video Games & Why The […]
Bright and fast-moving particles of colours that appear and disappear with booming sounds like fireworks easily captivate our senses. Have you ever noticed that after playing video games, you continue to experience sensations related to the game even when you’re not playing? Video game playing seems to enhance our senses […]
“A lively and unconventional exploration of our senses, how they work, what is revealed when they don’t, and how they connect us to the world”. Our Senses: An Immersive Experience by Robert DeSalle, Yale University Press. DeSalle’s book is deep-dive into the evolution of our senses, very much recommended! I’m […]
Playing video games as a novel visuomotor activity has been used in experimental studies by Stickgold et al. (2000) [1], Wamsley et al. (2010) [2] and Kusse, et al. (2012)[3] to understand the continuity between awake and sleep experiences, memory consolidation and learning. These studies have focused on investigating “hypnagogic […]
If you are in the amazing Vancouver join the event Sweet: Mind Craft at the Science World at TELUS World of Science. Teens even 13-18 years old. I will talk about the psychology of video games & Game Transfer Phenomena. Get your tickets in Eventbrite
Participate in a new study on Game Transfer Phenomena. The study aims to examine the relation between GTP and executive functions. Eligible participants should be: 18 to 40 years old Right-handed Play video games at least 6 hours a week in any platform. Follow this link to participate! https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4415276/GTP-study Please share […]
A new depiction of GTP in a fictional story! In 2016 GTP inspired an episode of the TV crime-drama series CSI: Cyber. This time it is in the Sci-fi book “Planet-Alt-Sete-Nine”. “What happens when a video game begins to take on a life of its own? Is it the program’s […]
“A fire truck was coming down the street, and there was a Pokémon spawned [appeared] in the street. I thought… ‘I hope the fire truck doesn’t hit the Meowth [Pokémon]’. And then I realized what a strange thought that was.” My study on Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP) in Pokémon Go […]
The first-ever study on Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP) in 2011 revealed that gamers at least temporarily, have seen or heard elements from video games, or have thought or done things in the real world as in the video games. The initial study was based on interviews, some with minors. For […]