There is extensive research showing that video game play can improve certain aspects of cognitive ability.Interestingly most of the stereotypes of video game players are overwhelmingly negative. Thesestereotypes are usually related to social features (e.g., violent, impulsive, unpopular, etc.). The purpose ofthis study was to examine stereotypes related to cognitive traits. Due to the overwhelming amount ofresearch indicating video game play is positively associated with cognitive ability, we predicted thatparticipants would rate video game players as superior to non-video game players on cognitive ability. Atotal of 49 participants were run in two separate experiments (one experiment was limited to residents ofthe United States, and participants in the other experiment were not limited to the United States). Aspredicted, results from both experiments indicate that video game players are viewed as cognitivelysuperior to non-video game players. Implications of these findings are discussed.
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