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Will we see a drop in alzheimers when the open world gaming population reaches that age? I mean, I can not just navigate my city, but multiple worlds!

slim 7mo ago
even with one functioning eye! because you're used to navigate by looking at a 2d projection on a screen
Mordisquitos 7mo ago
And/or will we see an increase in Alzheimer's disease amongst Google-Maps dependent users? Maybe we will see a bimodal split in both directions.
- stef25 7mo ago
  Yeah, basically Waze is causing dementia
  - jgilias 7mo ago
    Not sure about Waze, but the combination of AI + TikTok/shorts/etc sounds like “not great” for long term brain health.
    - Mordisquitos 7mo ago
      Indeed. My comment about Google Maps (and Waze, etc.) exacerbating Alzheimer's was mostly in jest and an exaggeration, but I'm absolutely certain that there is a statistically significant proportion of society whose current overuse of "AI" chatbots and short video consumption will result in cognitive deterioration if it continues at their current rate. To be clear, I'm not implying that usage of LLMs or viewing potentially unlimited video shorts is necessarily bad, nor could I guess the threshold from which doing these things becomes cognitively damaging in the long term. All I'm saying is that such a threshold exists and some people in society are surpassing it.
      - tom86150 7mo ago
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rebewp 7mo ago
There's a paper on it: "Video gaming, but not reliance on GPS, is associated with spatial navigation" paper shows there was a significant association between self-reported weekly hours of video gaming and wayfinding performance. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494424000690 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027249442... Tested with Sea Hero Quest
andrepd 7mo ago
With the open world™ minimap and objective markers on the corner of the screen? I suspect not :)
tarsinge 7mo ago
I’m not sure because in many modern open world games you are just like a Uber driver following GPS from checkpoint to checkpoint. It would with old school games that relied on memorizing the world and had minimal or even no map indications.
- xeromal 7mo ago
  I feel like a dark souls game has a similar learning pattern where you need to memorize the move sets of bosses. It taps into that dynamic pattern recognition that traffic would cause for taxi drivers DayZ is another one because there is no in-game GPS. You have to use maps and compasses to figure your route and many people can spot an exact area on the massive map by a picture of a bush

slim 7mo ago

even with one functioning eye! because you're used to navigate by looking at a 2d projection on a screen

Mordisquitos 7mo ago

And/or will we see an increase in Alzheimer's disease amongst Google-Maps dependent users? Maybe we will see a bimodal split in both directions.

stef25 7mo ago
Yeah, basically Waze is causing dementia
- jgilias 7mo ago
  Not sure about Waze, but the combination of AI + TikTok/shorts/etc sounds like “not great” for long term brain health.
  - Mordisquitos 7mo ago
    Indeed. My comment about Google Maps (and Waze, etc.) exacerbating Alzheimer's was mostly in jest and an exaggeration, but I'm absolutely certain that there is a statistically significant proportion of society whose current overuse of "AI" chatbots and short video consumption will result in cognitive deterioration if it continues at their current rate. To be clear, I'm not implying that usage of LLMs or viewing potentially unlimited video shorts is necessarily bad, nor could I guess the threshold from which doing these things becomes cognitively damaging in the long term. All I'm saying is that such a threshold exists and some people in society are surpassing it.
    - tom86150 7mo ago
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rebewp 7mo ago

There's a paper on it: "Video gaming, but not reliance on GPS, is associated with spatial navigation" paper shows there was a significant association between self-reported weekly hours of video gaming and wayfinding performance. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494424000690 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027249442... Tested with Sea Hero Quest

andrepd 7mo ago

With the open world™ minimap and objective markers on the corner of the screen? I suspect not :)

tarsinge 7mo ago

I’m not sure because in many modern open world games you are just like a Uber driver following GPS from checkpoint to checkpoint. It would with old school games that relied on memorizing the world and had minimal or even no map indications.

xeromal 7mo ago
I feel like a dark souls game has a similar learning pattern where you need to memorize the move sets of bosses. It taps into that dynamic pattern recognition that traffic would cause for taxi drivers DayZ is another one because there is no in-game GPS. You have to use maps and compasses to figure your route and many people can spot an exact area on the massive map by a picture of a bush