Cognitive performance in videogame players and esports athletes

Previous research suggests that playing action videogames, especially first-person shooters such as Counter-Strike, is related to cognitive performance, including attention, executive functions, and information processing speed (e.g., Bediou et al., 2023). The goal of this project is to better understand how expertise specifically in Counter-Strike, a fast-paced yet strategic team- based first-person shooter related to cognitive skills, how this relationship is affected by Counter-Strike skill (ranging from novice to professional players), and how these skills are reflected in everyday cognition. The project is designed to primarily draw on quantitative cross-sectional methods from experimental and differential psychology as well as computational modelling techniques, but it is also possible to include qualitative approaches and methods from cognitive neuroscience (e.g., EEG, eye-tracking).

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