Enhancing reading skills through a video game mixing action mechanics and cognitive training

A Pasqualotto, I Altarelli, A De Angeli… - Nature human …, 2022 - nature.com
In modern societies, training reading skills is fundamental since poor-reading children are at
high risk of struggling both at school and in life. Reading relies not only on oral language …

[HTML][HTML] Action video games make dyslexic children read better

S Franceschini, S Gori, M Ruffino, S Viola, M Molteni… - Current biology, 2013 - cell.com
Learning to read is extremely difficult for about 10% of children; they are affected by a
neurodevelopmental disorder called dyslexia [1, 2]. The neurocognitive causes of dyslexia …

[HTML][HTML] Action video game training improves text reading accuracy, rate and comprehension in children with dyslexia: a randomized controlled trial

JL Peters, SG Crewther, MJ Murphy, EL Bavin - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Dynamic visual attention training using Action Video Games (AVGs) is a promising
intervention for dyslexia. This study investigated the efficacy of 5 h (10× 30 min) of AVG …

[HTML][HTML] Action video games enhance attentional control and phonological decoding in children with developmental dyslexia

S Bertoni, S Franceschini, G Puccio, M Mancarella… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Reading acquisition is extremely difficult for about 5% of children because they are affected
by a heritable neurobiological disorder called developmental dyslexia (DD). Intervention …

[HTML][HTML] Action video games improve reading abilities and visual-to-auditory attentional shifting in English-speaking children with dyslexia

S Franceschini, P Trevisan, L Ronconi, S Bertoni… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Dyslexia is characterized by difficulties in learning to read and there is some evidence that
action video games (AVG), without any direct phonological or orthographic stimulation …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing reading performance through action video games: The role of visual attention span

A Antzaka, M Lallier, S Meyer, J Diard, M Carreiras… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Recent studies reported that Action Video Game-AVG training improves not only certain
attentional components, but also reading fluency in children with dyslexia. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive development: gaming your way out of dyslexia?

D Bavelier, CS Green, MS Seidenberg - Current Biology, 2013 - cell.com
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[HTML][HTML] Neither action nor phonological video games make dyslexic children read better

M Łuniewska, K Chyl, A Dębska, A Kacprzak… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The prevalence and long-term consequences of dyslexia make it crucial to look for effective
and efficient ways of its therapy. Action video games (AVG) were implied as a possible …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term effects of video-games on cognitive enhancement: The role of positive emotions

S Franceschini, S Bertoni, M Lulli, T Pievani… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2022 - Springer
According to established background knowledge, playing is essential in human
development and a power remediation tool in clinical populations. In clinical interventions …

Video game play, attention, and learning: how to shape the development of attention and influence learning?

P Cardoso-Leite, D Bavelier - Current opinion in neurology, 2014 - journals.lww.com
The possibility of enhancing attentional control through targeted interventions, be it
computerized training or self-regulation techniques, is now well established. Embedding …