Competitive gaming, better known as electronic sports (esports), is rapidly growing in
popularity. We systematically reviewed the available literature regarding the psychological …

Accompanying esports' explosion in popularity, the amount of academic research focused
on organized, competitive gaming has grown rapidly. From 2002 through March 2018 …

Esports have increased in popularity among young people over the past decade. There is
evidence that involvement in esports helps young players to develop skills that are needed …

Esports are rapidly growing within academia. In HCI, earlier work explored how problematic
behaviors emerging from gender biases (eg, toxicity) negatively impact female participation …

Factors influencing brain function and cognitive performance can be critical to athletic
performance of esports athletes. This review aims to discuss the potential beneficial effects …

Expertise-centric citizen science games (ECCSGs) can be powerful tools for crowdsourcing
scientific knowledge production. However, to be effective these games must train their …

To examine the cognitive and physical changes associated with consuming an energy drink
concurrent to video gaming, we examined a convenience sample of nine elite League of …

Esports is a rapidly growing industry, generating interest from research disciplines including
marketing, social sciences, and human-computer interaction. Despite its continued growth …

Digital technology has deeply impacted the ways in which youth play and consume sport as
part of their leisure activities. Central to this topic is the rise of new virtually played sports …

An important feature of human cognition is the ability to flexibly and efficiently adapt
behavior in response to continuously changing contextual demands. We leverage a large …