technology, education and training from an industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologist
In a fascinating article in the Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, Scott Highhouse ((Highhouse, S. (2011). The history corner: Was the addition of sex to Title VII a joke? Two viewpoints. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 48 (3), 102-107))...
In a recent issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, Minocha, Tran and Reeves (2010) ((Minocha, S., Tran, M. Q., & Reeves, A. J. (2010). Conducting empirical research in virtual worlds: Experiences from...
It’s only a couple of weeks since my massive coverage of video games research, but another interesting article has come up on the topic. This time – an exploration of personality as it can be used to explain attraction to violent video games.
Technical difficulties in training lead to higher attrition rates and reduced learning, all with a clever study design.
Cheaters can be identified by their scores on the Dark Triad: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. But now that we can profile them, what comes next?
Part 10 of my series examining research evidence for the value of video games. This time: understanding the psychology of typical gamers (i.e. no mental disorders this time!).