title: The Measurement of Intelligence in the XXI Century using Video Games.
abstract: This paper reviews the use of video games for measuring intelligence differences and reports two studies analyzing the relationship between intelligence and performance on a leisure video game. In the first study, the main focus was to design an Intelligence Test using puzzles from the video game. Forty-seven young participants played "Professor Layton and the curious village"® for a maximum of 15 hours and completed a set of intelligence standardized tests. Results show that the time required for completing the game interacts with intelligence differences: the higher the intelligence, the lower the time (d = .91). Furthermore, a set of 41 puzzles showed excellent psychometric properties. The second study, done seven years later, confirmed the previous findings. We finally discuss the pros and cons of video games as tools for measuring cognitive abilities with commercial video games, underscoring that psychologists must develop their own intelligence video games and delineate their key features for the measurement devices of next generation.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Complutense(Spain).
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Quiroga
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(USA).
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Román
authors.affiliation: Universidad Complutense(Spain).
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De La Fuente
authors.affiliation: Universidad Complutense(Spain).
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Privado
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid(Spain).
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Colom
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D018910:Video Games; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: abilities; commercial video games; intelligence; video games