APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

Active Video Game Play As a Novel Approach for Human Neuroimaging

Washington, DC · May 2025

Invited Symposium · Cognitive

Session: Sensory-Motor Impacts on Learning and Brain Function

Authors

  • Jody CulhamPresenting Author
    University of Western Ontario

Abstract

Unlike traditional neuroimaging paradigms, video games treat the participant as an active agent whose actions have immediate, ongoing consequences. Video game play can evoke activation similar to real-world actions and alters brain connectivity compared to conventional approaches.