VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Consciousness and the Avatar

Update: 2012-05-28

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Denise Doyle, of the School of Art and Design at the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom is my guest this time. I met up with Denise at the April 2012 “Towards a Science of Consciousness” meeting in Tucson, AZ. She is a contributor to my forthcoming book, “Video Game Play and Consciousness” from NOVA Science Publishers. Her chapter and topic of our conversation is entitled, “Transitional Spaces: Consciousness, the Imagination, and the Avatar-Mediated Experience”. As an artist and scholar she brings a unique perspective to the investigation of video game play and realities. We consider how remarkably easy it has become for us all to enter into the online virtual worlds in our “avatar” bodies.

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Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Racial representation and gaming

2013-04-1523:23

Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Violence and Video Game Play Revisited

2013-03-1120:48

Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Family Life and Video Game Play

2013-02-1121:20

Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Problem Video Game Play and Genre

2013-01-1338:07

Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Video Games Let You Be All You Can Be

2012-12-1730:24

Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – What is a gamer identity or gamer culture?

2012-11-1927:19

Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Video game technology supporting the elderly

2012-10-1530:20

Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Women in Gaming

2012-09-1628:46

Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Culture-jamming activists in video games

2012-08-1326:01

Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – A senior artists view of computers

2012-07-1620:10

Video Games: Brain Gain or Drain? – Transitioning between real and virtual

2012-06-1826:16

VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Consciousness and the Avatar

2012-05-2826:58

VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Visual Arts and Gaming

2012-04-1625:25

VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Music and Video Games

2012-04-0225:15

VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Self-discovery with Mindbloom

2012-03-1924:38

VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Casual Games for Improved Thinking in the Elderly

2012-03-0524:46

VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Hello Avatar Author Interviewed

2012-02-1328:11

VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Games for Health Journal Founded

2012-01-3000:01

VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Attention, Memory and Information Processing Advantages to Gaming

2012-01-1623:03

VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Military and Gaming

2012-01-0226:46

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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Consciousness and the Avatar

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VideoGames: Brain Gain or Drain? – Consciousness and the Avatar