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In this blog more details will be provided about the game entitled The Secret of a Healthy Diet. In fact, the game was subject to a lot of modifications. In the previous version of the game, the players did not have any controls over their choice. It was totally random. In the last version, the designer create a set of 18 cards and each of them has two choices. The players can choose between A or B which one he or she considers to be the right answer.

The designer also introduced dices in the game. Three dices are used which would give a total number of 18 when a  player has 3*6 in one flip. The choice of the question players will have to answer depend on the total number of the value of each dice.

Just as the original game, players will be rewarded according the answer they give. The rewards are the same as in the previous version.

The designer used the same materials for collecting data. The presentation is also the same. The responses were measured in accordance to performance of the players at school after playing the game.

The result of the experiment was very interesting. In the outcome, a normal curve distribution representation with the mean of 100, students who kept playing the game had scores that fell on two standards deviation above the mean. However, those who did not spend too much time playing had scores that fell at one to two standard deviations below the mean.

 

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About Robert O. Duncan

I'm an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences at City University of New York, with joint appointments in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. I also have an appointment as a Visiting Scholar at New York University. My research interests include cognitive neuroscience, functional magnetic resonance imaging, glaucoma, neurodegenerative disorders, attention, learning, memory, educational technology, pedagogy, and developing games for education.

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