Reaction Time in Digital Game Players

Completed

• Conditions: Computer Games
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Reaction Time Tests

• Registration Number: NCT04944849
• Lead Sponsor: Baskent University

Brief Summary

With the increasing use of computers in recent years, the effects of games have started to be discussed. Young people who play computers are exposed to many stimuli during the game and they react to these stimuli with reactions at various rates. In our study, we wanted to find out whether there is a significant difference in reaction time between young people who play computers more than 14 hours a week and those who do not.

Detailed Description

While doing our research, the reaction time test in the Human Benchmark application, where the reaction time to many different stimuli on the computer can be evaluated, the Aim Trainer test and the auditory reaction time tests at https://playback.fm/audio-reaction-time will be applied. The way the tests are applied; the first test will be separated as a trial and will not be included in the average. The next three tests will be averaged. Height, weight, smoking, use of antidepressants or stimulants, any ear or hearing problems, any eye disease, how many days a week and how much sports they do, the dominant side, whether they play digital and video games, for how long, what type of device (computer, tablet, phone), which games (League of legends, Player unknown's battlegrounds, World of Warcraft, Valorant, FIFA, PES, Call of duty, NBA, Counter strike:Global offensive CS:GO, other), how many hours a day and how many hours a week they play digital video games will be questioned whether they participate in the tournament with at least one of these games.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-06-22
• Primary Completion: 2021-06-30
• Study Completion: 2021-06-30
• Study First Posted: 2021-06-30
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-13
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 53

Inclusion Criteria

• male
• playing digital games for more than 2 years

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Exclusion Criteria

• female
• not having played any digital games for 2 years

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
player group	Reaction Time Tests	Individuals with computer use less than 14 hours a week were included in this group.
digital gamer group	Reaction Time Tests	Individuals with computer use more than 14 hours a week were included in this group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual reaction time	15 minutes	Visual reaction time will be evaluated with the Human Benchmark application. individuals will be asked to click on the specified area when the red light changes to green light. The test will be repeated 3 times and the average value will be recorded in ms.
Auditory reaction time	15 minutes	Auditory reaction time will be evaluated with the Aim Trainer test. individuals will be asked to click on the specified area when the red light changes to green light. The test will be repeated 3 times and the average value will be recorded in ms.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Baskent University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey