Posts tagged cognition 
The Virtual Whirl: Why virtual environments?
This week, in The Virtual Whirl, we're asking "Why virtual environments?" – Not why are they anything specifically, but just why. Depending on your definition of virtual environments, people have been building them and using them for decades now, since before the Web; since before the advent ...
Researcher zeroes in on kids playing RuneScape
Hey kids! Do you want to try an experiment? No, you won't get paid but you will help further scientific research through the process of "cognitive ethnography." Not interested? Hmmm, well, you do get to play video games... Oh, you are interested! Let me just get you these waivers to sign... ...
