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We Need Gamers For Research At UCT!!
I'm actually quite interested to see what the mental performance results will be. We expect gamers to have better mental performance but those that sleep poorly should have worse mental performance than the non-gamers. Based on this we would like to theorize that yes, gaming does improve mental... -
We Need Gamers For Research At UCT!!
Hahaha! Yes our hypothesis is that gamers would be less healthier than the controls (non-gamers) - of course it's only a hypothesis, which is why we need to do the testing to confirm or reject it :) -
We Need Gamers For Research At UCT!!
Whoops, sorry - I think I was misunderstood. Gamers must come to our research testing center to take part. We're based at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa -
We Need Gamers For Research At UCT!!
Yes we are - it's unethical to mention that in the recruitment call though. We will reimburse gamers for travel expenses and their time only - R150. It's not a ton of money, but it's something to make up for any inconvenience. We'd prefer to get gamers who want to contribute to research to... -
We Need Gamers For Research At UCT!!
Haha we collect blood using a special "butterfly" needle. It's the thinnest most "non-invasive" needle we can use. It's thin so it doesn't hurt the participant. The 3 teaspoons of blood refers to the quantity of blood we are taking... so approximately 15 ml of blood will be taken :) Also -... -
We Need Gamers For Research At UCT!!
Yeah - in research this age range is considered "young adult" - the reason we haven't expanded the age range is that older age ranges confound our cardiometabolic data (basically, older adults will have more factors that influence their health - we want to know if excessive gaming behavior, lack... -
We Need Gamers For Research At UCT!!
Sadly not :( We would love to have reached out to the JHB gamers but our funding does not allow this. Hopefully with future funding or collab with Wits university to get a broader gaming sample -
We Need Gamers For Research At UCT!!
Thank you so much! This will help a ton! -
We Need Gamers For Research At UCT!!
Hey Splinter - our UCT mailbox gets spammed with mail so I prefer to receive directly to my private email. If you prefer you can send it to my UCT mailbox at [email protected] -
We Need Gamers For Research At UCT!!
PARTICIPANTS WANTED FOR UCT RESEARCH CARDIOMETABOLIC HEALTH AND NEUROCOGNITIVE PERFORMANCE IN COMPETITIVE COMPUTER GAMERS The aim of this study is to characterize and compare the physical health and mental performance of competitive adult computer gamers to non-gamers. If you: Are male or...