How do games teach us?
Reward, punishment, and the transfer of learning beyond the game.
Behavior
through play.
Behavioral experiments and computational models reveal how games shape learning, decisions, and social behavior.
What changes as we play?
Attention, cognitive control, and decisions during and after play.
What carries beyond play?
The links between digital experiences, social behavior, and mental health.
2026
Feedback magnitude dissociates in-game prosocial behavioral acquisition from real-world transfer: A computational reinforcement learning analysis
Current Psychology, 45(17), Article 1479.
2025
Video game feedback learning and aggressive or prosocial effects
Social Science Computer Review, 43(4), 872-887.
2024
When games influence words: Gaming addiction among college students increases verbal aggression through risk-biased drifting in decision-making
Behavioral Sciences, 14(8), Article 699.