Effects of Video Game Practice on Visual and Oculomotor Functions: A Systematic Review

This systematic review quantitatively evaluates how video game practice affects visual attention, oculomotor control, and perceptual processing. It compares video-game players versus non-players and analyzes pre-post intervention designs, exploring moderators like age, game type. The findings support experience-dependent visual plasticity and highlight gaming's translational potential for visual rehabilitation tools.

Use Cases

• Analyze effect sizes across visual domains for meta-analysis
• Identify game genres most effective for specific visual function improvements
• Design targeted visual training protocols based on moderated outcomes

Strengths

• 32 studies included with cross-sectional and intervention designs
• Large pooled effect sizes (g = 1.28, 95% CI 0.74–1.82, I² = 49% cross-sectional; g = 1.02, 95% CI 0.61–1.43, I² = 54% pre-post)
• Subgroup analyses reveal differential effects by game genre
• High methodological quality (96% of studies high/moderate)

Limitations

• Row count unknown, limiting suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation absent, requiring inference after download
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal/source bias inherent to figshare aggregation

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic review conducted via PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar (January 2000–June 2025). Eligible studies included cross-sectional, quasi-experimental, and randomised/controlled pre-post designs reporting quantitative visual outcomes.

Time Range

Studies published January 2000–June 2025

Geography

Not specified