The Role of Spatial Ability in the Relationship Between Video Game Experience and Route Effectiveness Among Unmanned Vehicle Operators

Joseph R. Keebler; David Schuster; Thomas Fincannon; Florian Jentsch; A. William Evans

The Role of Spatial Ability in the Relationship Between Video Game Experience and Route Effectiveness Among Unmanned Vehicle Operators

Joseph R. Keebler
, David Schuster
, Thomas Fincannon
, Florian Jentsch
, A. William Evans

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Daytona Beach
University of Central Florida

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Effective route planning is essential to the successful operation of unmanned vehicles. Video game experience has been shown to affect route planning and execution, but why video game experience helps has not been addressed. One answer may be that spatial skills, necessary for route planning and execution, improve after experience with video games. The current study examines the degree to which spatial ability, specifically spatial visualization, mediates the relationship between video game experience and route planning. Results indicated that this mediated relationship existed for the UGV operators only. Although the UAV operators’ video game experience predicted spatial ability, this did not significantly affect performance

Original language	American English
Journal	Proceedings of the National Army Science Conference (26th)
State	Published - Dec 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs)
workload
time pressure
video games
virtual reality
three-dimensional space

Disciplines

Other Communication
Other Psychology

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