Robin: It is not because they expect or want to learn something from it.
A major component of fun in video games is the emotional reward when the brain learnt something; that probably generalizes to why we find a lot of activities enjoyable, even though we might not label them as “learning” which is often associated to “memorizing useless facts because you’re forced to”.
Right. Football players don’t think of themselves as “learning” when they perfect their field goal kicks, but neurologically that is exactly what they are doing.
Robin: It is not because they expect or want to learn something from it.
A major component of fun in video games is the emotional reward when the brain learnt something; that probably generalizes to why we find a lot of activities enjoyable, even though we might not label them as “learning” which is often associated to “memorizing useless facts because you’re forced to”.
Right. Football players don’t think of themselves as “learning” when they perfect their field goal kicks, but neurologically that is exactly what they are doing.