Study finds no association between frequency of video game play and spatial abilities

Study finds no association between frequency of video game play and spatial abilities

A small study examined the associations between the frequency of video game play and spatial abilities. There was no association between how often a person plays action or non-action games and their performance on tasks examining visual and auditory spatial abilities. The paper was published in Frontiers in Psychology. Spatial abilities are mental skills used to understand, remember, and manipulate the positions of objects in space. They help pe…