Estimulación emocional de los videojuegos: efectos en el aprendizaje

Abstract

The industry of the video games is in wide expansion. It has transcended the area of amusement to move towards the educational field. The objective of this work is to highlight the capability video games have in the fostering of learning processes. Video games have the capacity of immersion that allows video players to become emotionally involved in a specific game situation. The implication of the emotional aspects is significant for the learning process and there are neurophysiologic reasons that support these facts based on the pattern of Triuno brain. The results of this analytic-documental research confirm the important role of emotions in stimulating learning as well as the positive influence reached by the emotional characteristics of the video games.