Childhood Memories
Reflections on playing dolls as a child and the exercise of mental activity it offered, similar to the skills that new media require.
I like to think that my younger sisters and I were able to master multi-threading with a balance of technology and imagination too. The three of us played Barbie’s in our basement all the time as kids; we also played the Sims on occasion, which applies Johnson’s
Now if I could only find some fresh water….
Comments on the cognitive work required to solve brain-teasing video games as a child and manage complex tasks in everyday life as an adult. From fall 2008.
I’ve been playing video games ever since my parents bought our first family computer in the mid 90’s. Computers were allowed because they doubled as an educational tool, while consoles (namely the Super Nintendo and the N64 during this time period) were forbidden. Their only function was “mindless”