Introduction: Digital Games as a Context for Cognitive Development, Learning, and Developmental Research | Zendy

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Introduction: Digital Games as a Context for Cognitive Development, Learning, and Developmental Research

Author(s) -

Blumberg Fran C.,

Fisch Shalom M.

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

new directions for child and adolescent development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1534-8687

pISSN - 1520-3247

DOI - 10.1002/cad.20026

Subject(s) - psychology , context (archaeology) , cognition , cognitive development , game play , developmental psychology , child development , cognitive psychology , multimedia , computer science , paleontology , neuroscience , biology

The authors present reasons why developmental psychologists should care about children's and adolescents' digital game play. These reasons may be identified as: a) digital game play is an integral aspect of children's and adolescents' lives; b) digital game play contributes to learning and cognitive development; and c) developmental research has the potential to contribute to effective educational game design. The authors expand on these reasons with the goal of introducing or reintroducing to developmental psychologists a rich and very relevant context in which to examine children's and adolescents' applied cognitive development. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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