title: Introduction: digital games as a context for cognitive development, learning, and developmental research.
abstract: The authors present reasons why developmental psychologists should care about children's and adolescents' digital game play. These reasons may be identified as: a) digital game play is an integral aspect of children's and adolescents' lives; b) digital game play contributes to learning and cognitive development; and c) developmental research has the potential to contribute to effective educational game design. The authors expand on these reasons with the goal of introducing or reintroducing to developmental psychologists a rich and very relevant context in which to examine children's and adolescents' applied cognitive development.
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychological& Educational Services, Fordham University Graduate School of Education, New York, USA. blumberg@fordham.edu
authors.forename: Fran C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Blumberg
authors.forename: Shalom M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Fisch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D035841:Behavioral Research; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000379:methods*; D018910:Video Games / Q000523:psychology*