About the lab
Gaming plays a crucial role in shaping social behaviour, particularly in today's generation, where online platforms serve as the primary space for interaction and Minecraft provides a highly customizable environment, enabling researchers to build virtual spaces tailored to their specific needs.
This flexibility makes it an ideal platform for studying human behaviour, offering unique insights into real-world interactions. By leveraging Minecraft and other gaming environments, researchers can gain valuable understanding of both neurodivergent and neurotypical communication patterns. Minecraft also offers an engaging platform for students to design and conduct experiments, encouraging creativity in research projects.
Students have use of our exceptional research labs and facilities including our Centre for Brain Science as part of their lectures, research projects and research experience.
The objectives
- Explore how individuals interact with each other in collaborative problem-solving scenarios, observing communication styles and teamwork dynamics.
- Examine how people search for objects, navigate environments, and how the virtual world stimulates exploratory behaviour.