Video Games Are Just Exams

Tests and exams are a real pain, but what if they were as easy as your favorite game? In this episode of thought burst, I'll explore how the psychology of the generation effect can help you become a better student and give you more confidence heading into exams.

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Game Sources:
FIFA 18 - Electronic arts
Fortnite - Epic games, People Can Fly
The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild - Nintendo
Skyrim - Bethesda
Pokemon Sapphire - Game Freak
Pokemon Pearl- Game Freak
Pokemon Gold- Game Freak
Pokemon Colosseum - Genius Sonority
Pokemon Ultra Sun - Game Freak
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time - Nintendo
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door - Intelligent Systems
Celeste - Matt Makes Games
Red Dead Redemption 2 - Rockstar Studios
Mighty Gunvolt Burst - Inti Creates

Music Sources:
The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker - Track 38: Dragon Roost Island
Final Fantasy X - Track 19: Spira Unplugged
Kamex - Pokemon G/S/C - Legendary Beasts Remix
Kamex - Pokemon Sun/Moon - Trainer Battle Remix
Kamex - Pokemon HG/SS - Vs. Suicune Remix
Koji Kondo - Zelda 64 Title Theme
Paper Mario TTYD - Track 1 Story of the Thousand Year Door
Jason Graves: Dead Space 3 - Track 6: The Fiery Room
Michael Alexander Compositions - Pokemon Evolutions Sun and Moon Commercial Extended

Research Sources
Rosner, Zachary A., Jeremy A. Elman, and Arthur P. Shimamura. “The Generation Effect: Activating Broad Neural Circuits During Memory Encoding.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

"The Generation Effect: Delineation of a Phenomena" N. Slameka, P. Graf)
http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1980-20...

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Hi! I’m Daryl, and on this channel I explore the intersection between video games, psychology, and real life.

I’ve talked about how Pokemon and the Generation Effect can make you a better student. I’ve made a video on why game developers really should understand functional fixedness. And I’ve interviewed some of the best speedrunners on Earth to find out how exactly they make setting world records look so easy.

Primacy and Recency, subconscious associations, classical conditioning, divergent thinking, amnesia (the disorder not the game), if its psychological concept that relates to games, I’ve probably talked about it before or will in the future. But to be clear, psychology isn’t all I talk about. Every now and then I’ll dabble in a little bit of game design and sometimes I’ll just talk about life and how games really can make it better... and for some people are the best way to relate to the world around us.

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