Some Notes on the Possibile Role of Cognitive Architectures in Serious Games

Gentile, Manuel; Ottaviano, Simona; Lieto, Antonio; Allegra, Mario

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_23

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“…According to the approach proposed by Gentile et al (2019), a better understanding of the phenomenon could provide an interpretation of the conflicting results concerning the effectiveness of Tetris TM as a spatial skills training tool (Pilegard & Mayer, 2018) and give insights on how to re-design the gameplay to improve the educational effectiveness.…”

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The role of mental rotation in TetrisTM gameplay: An ACT-R computational cognitive model

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Lieto

2022

Cognitive Systems Research

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The mental rotation ability is an essential spatial reasoning skill in human cognition and has proven to be an essential predictor of mathematical and STEM skills, critical and computational thinking. Despite its importance, little is known about when and how mental rotation processes are activated in games explicitly targeting spatial reasoning tasks. In particular, the relationship between spatial abilities and Tetris TM has been analysed several times in the literature. However, these analyses have shown contrasting results between the effectiveness of Tetris-based training activities to improve mental rotation skills. In this work, we studied whether, and under what conditions, such ability is used in the Tetris TM game by explicitly modelling mental rotation via an ACT-R based cognitive model controlling a virtual agent. The obtained results show meaningful insights into the activation of mental rotation during game dynamics. The study suggests the necessity to adapt game dynamics in order to force the activation of this process and, therefore, can be of inspiration to design learning activities based on Tetris TM or re-design the game itself to improve its educational effectiveness.

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confidence: 99%