Video Game Play and Spatial Ability Assessment Data

53 participants completed three spatial ability assessments and reported their video game frequency across 13 genres. The dataset supports a study examining potential associations between gaming experience and visual or auditory spatial skills. Paul Pasescu authored the research, which was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Predict Mental Rotation Test (MRT) scores from self-reported action game frequency.
• Analyze correlations between Brick-Building Task (BBT) visual scores and non-action video game genres.
• Model Audio-Corsi auditory spatial task performance using participant gender and gaming frequency data.
• Investigate potential interactions between the 13 video game genre categories and the three spatial assessment types.

Strengths

• Includes data from 53 participants, with gender breakdown of 23 female.
• Features three distinct spatial assessments: Mental Rotation Test, Brick-Building Task, and Audio-Corsi.
• Captures gaming experience across a detailed list of 13 video game genres.

Limitations

• Small sample size of 53 participants limits statistical power and generalizability.
• Dataset is very small at 15.1 KB, containing summary-level analysis data rather than raw participant records.
• No raw column data or sample data is provided, only a summary description of the study.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Paul Pasescu.

Collection Method

Data collected from participant assessments including self-reported gaming surveys and spatial ability tests.

Freshness

Last updated April 2026.