Bingo Research

Bingo! Externally-Supported Performance Intervention for Deficient Visual Search …

“External support may improve task performance regardless of an individual’s ability to compensate for cognitive deficits through internally-generated mechanisms. We investigated if performance of a complex, familiar visual search task (the game of bingo) could be enhanced in groups by providing external support through manipulation of task stimuli. … We varied stimulus contrast, size, and visual complexity during game play. The externally-supported performance interventions of increased stimulus size and decreased complexity resulted in improvements in performance by all groups. The general finding of improved performance across healthy and afflicted groups suggests the value of visual support as an easy-to-apply intervention to enhance cognitive performance. … Bingo is a leisure activity that is widely enjoyed and is available for play by youth and adults in the community, in institutions, and online. …”