Video Games as Research Tools: The Space Fortress Game

Authors

David M. Diamond, University of IllinoisFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1995

Keywords

Mane, Video Game, Learning Strategy, Secondary Task, Skill Acquisition

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204735

Abstract

From 1983 through 1986, several laboratories investigated the role of practice in skill acquisition in a joint project called theLearning Strategies Program. The principal research tool for this project was a video game calledSpace Fortress. The present article summarizes the major findings obtained with Space Fortress, and examines several problems that arise in choosing a video game for use as a research tool.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Behavior Research Methods, Instrumentation & Computers, v. 27, issue 2, p. 217-223

Scholar Commons Citation

Diamond, David M., "Video Games as Research Tools: The Space Fortress Game" (1995). Psychology Faculty Publications. 319.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/319