University of Texas at Dallas, USA - Computer Scientists Devise a New Weapon Against Video Game Cheaters

Title:

Computer Scientists Devise a New Weapon Against Video Game Cheaters

 

By:

University of Texas at Dallas

Published:

SciTecyDaily, 15 November 2020

https://scitechdaily.com/computer-scientists-devise-a-new-weapon-against-video-game-cheaters/

From the article:

University of Texas at Dallas computer scientists have devised a new weapon against video game players who cheat.  

 

The researchers developed their approach for detecting cheaters using the popular first-person shooter game Counter-Strike. But the mechanism can work for any massively multiplayer online (MMO) game that sends data traffic to a central server.

Scholarly Article (March 2020) - Student-centred digital game-based learning: a conceptual framework and survey of the state of the art

Title:
Student-centred digital game–based learning: a conceptual framework and survey of the state of the art

Authors:
Thomas E. Coleman & Arthur G. Money

Published:
Higher Education, Volume 79, Issue 3, March 2020
Available: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-019-00417-0

From the abstract:
"This study presents a conceptual framework based upon a systematic literature review of developments in student-centred digital game–based learning, and seeks to establish the extent to which all tenets of student-centred learning and principles of digital game–based learning are embraced within such applications. A thematic analysis identifies the common themes of game and intervention design while integrating and conceptually linking the key concepts of student-centred learning and digital game–based learning. This leads to the development of a conceptual framework allowing classification of the literature according to common themes."

Short Article: Mindfulness video game changes areas of the brain associated with attention

Title:
Mindfulness video game changes areas of the brain associated with attention

Author:
Marianne Spoon, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Published:
Medical Xpress, 27 December 2019

From the article:
"A research team at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California, Irvine, designed a video game to improve mindfulness in middle schoolers and found that when young people played the game, they showed changes in areas of their brains that underlie attention."

To read this article:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-12-mindfulness-video-game-areas-brain.html