Source monitoring errors | Game Transfer Phenomena

GTP Adventures- Grilling zombies

March 13, 2015 Dr Angelica Ortiz de Gortari GTP Adventures, GTP cartoonsAttention bias, GTP automatic thoughts, GTP-Behavior, Source monitoring errors

Gamers have found themselves paying attention to particular stimuli relevant in the game. This has triggered subsequent thoughts and some have communicated their thoughts to others. Some gamers have expressed feeling awkward due to these experiences and questioned their own mental stability. These experiences appear to be explained by attention […]

GTP Adventures – Healing plants in Walmart

July 15, 2014 Dr Angelica Ortiz de Gortari GTP cartoonsAutomatic GTP, Resident Evil, Source monitoring errors

Some gamers have found themselves suddenly trying to get something in real life for use in the game. Memories and thoughts from the game get mixed up with the ones from real life, and confusions can arise between who said what (e.g., video game characters or real persons) or where […]