Specifically, there was a strong correlation between inversion preference and how quickly the subject could mentally rotate a 3D shape and complete a task where they had to overcome the "Simon effect, ...

None of the reasons people gave us had anything to do with whether they actually inverted,” the lead author explained.

Why do some players naturally pull in on a joystick to look up, like they’re flying a plane, whereas others press forward?

According to Corbett, the assumptions for why people prefer inverted controls were wrong. Instead, the biggest determining ...

During the Covid lockdowns, researchers specializing in cognitive neuroscience at the Visual Perception and Attention Lab at Brunel University London stumbled into a fascinating phenomenon ideal ...

You probably recognise the feeling of grabbing a controller to play Call of Duty, Fortnite, or Halo, only to realise that the game controller doesn't work for you. The weirdo who played before you has ...

Five years ago, on the verge of the first COVID lockdown, I wrote an article asking what seemed to be an extremely niche question: why do some people invert their controls when playing 3D games? A ...