TY - GEN
T1 - So you think you know football? Effects of individual differences on video game performance
AU - Marraffino, Matthew D.
AU - Heather,
AU - Lum, C.
AU - Sims, Valerie K.
AU - Chin, Matthew G.
AU - Halse, Shane E.
AU - Lippman, Bradley
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A plethora of research has examined video games in the context of training and violence. However, little has been done in examining the individual differences that may exist as it relates to success or failure during game play. Few studies have focused on empirically testing usability and performance issues specifically related to sports games. In this study, a football simulation video game was used to investigate how video game experience interacts with football knowledge in explaining performance within the game. Football video game simulations are a complicated game that appears best played when the user has both knowledge of football and experience playing video games. This study has implications for the individual differences that dictate performance within games.
AB - A plethora of research has examined video games in the context of training and violence. However, little has been done in examining the individual differences that may exist as it relates to success or failure during game play. Few studies have focused on empirically testing usability and performance issues specifically related to sports games. In this study, a football simulation video game was used to investigate how video game experience interacts with football knowledge in explaining performance within the game. Football video game simulations are a complicated game that appears best played when the user has both knowledge of football and experience playing video games. This study has implications for the individual differences that dictate performance within games.
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U2 - 10.1177/1071181311551315
DO - 10.1177/1071181311551315
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81855177065
SN - 9780945289395
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 1516
EP - 1519
BT - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting, HFES 2011
T2 - 55th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, HFES 2011
Y2 - 19 September 2011 through 23 September 2011
ER -