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Cognitive Gamer

by Stephen Blessing

I examine how cognitive psychology can help explain and inform how we play games. Each episode looks at how a particular cognitive phenomenon affects game playing. All types of games are considered, from board games to video games to games of chance. Check out cognitivegamer.com for more information.

Episodes

Episode 24: Wingspan Cognalysis

15m · Published 08 May 17:06

Wingspan is a hot new boardgame that’s rocketing up the boardgamegeek’s rating chart. In this episode we take a look at some explanations of why so many people have become enamored with this game. Game References Wingspan Research References Greene, … Continue reading →

Episode 23: Game, Mental Set, Match

18m · Published 19 Mar 12:18

Game players often get stuck, either not seeing how to properly use an object in the game or perhaps persisting in an inefficient strategy. I discuss two such mental sets, functional fixedness and Einstellung. Game References Burgle Bros, Defender, Go, … Continue reading →

Episode 22: The Amazing Declarative to Procedural Transition

19m · Published 17 Jan 01:18

Big changes happen in memory and knowledge as a person goes from beginner to expert. What does this entail for playing games? We take a close look at the two main types of memory, and how knowledge transitions between the … Continue reading →

Episode 21: Anchors Aweigh!

11m · Published 10 Dec 16:15

How do we figure out how much something should cost or what the value of a thing should be? One decision-making heuristic process for this is anchoring and adjustment. Discover how this is used not only in game playing but … Continue reading →

Episode 20: Building Minds with Scaffolding

28m · Published 08 Oct 17:30

I’m joined again by the resident developmental psychologist, where we talk about scaffolding, a learning technique where help and assistance are removed bit by bit until the full skill has been learned. Game References My Little Scythe, Scythe, Sleuth, Sushi … Continue reading →

Episode 19: Decrypto and Codenames CG Cognalysis

20m · Published 18 Aug 17:21

I take a dive into Decrypto, comparing how clues are given in it versus in Codenames. Both the similarities and differences shed light into our cognitive processes and how items are stored in our memories. Spoiler alert: Bayes’ Theorem is … Continue reading →

Episode 18: Attributions are Fundamental

16m · Published 12 Jul 13:32

We are constantly explaining to ourselves why events happen. When those explanations involve linking the outcome of an event with our response, a psychologist would refer to them as an attribution. We explore how attributions affect our game playing. Game … Continue reading →

Episode 17: Represent!

12m · Published 01 Jun 13:44

The representativeness heuristic is another rule-of-thumb that we use when we need to make a decision. We apply it when we decide an event is likely to happen if it resembles, or is representative, of the category from which it … Continue reading →

Episode 16: Virtual Gaming

17m · Published 21 Apr 03:24

Virtual reality adds new dimensions to games. Psychology informs us of the issues on what goes on in a virtual environment. Join the discussion as we hit some of the big topics in this new way to play games. Also, … Continue reading →

Episode 15: The Malleability of Memory

14m · Published 19 Mar 18:41

Some people have the idea that memory is like a tape recorder: if you remember it, that’s the way it happened. But, the data show that our memories can change quite a bit over the course of time. We discuss … Continue reading →

Cognitive Gamer has 34 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 9:59:50. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 23rd, 2024 15:20.