Cognitive Gamer

About Cognitive Gamer

The Intersection of Psychology and Games

Publisher

Stephen Blessing

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jun 2017

Latest episode

29 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jul 2025

   Episode 37: Hooked on Mnemonics

   This episode explores the power of mnemonics and how individuals use memory techniques to recall vast amounts of information, referencing games like Chess.

2. 

   17 Oct 2024

   Episode 36: Memory Behaving Baddeley

   It’s time to dive in and finally have an in-depth discussion of working memory! Game References Carcassonne, River Valley Glassworks, Tetris, That’s Not a Hat, Wandering Towers, Wilmot’s Warehouse Research References Baddeley, A. (1992). Working memory. Science, 255(5044), 556-559. Baddeley, A. D., … Continue reading →

3. 

   26 Jul 2024

   Episode 35: Cognalysis: Sky Team and Wandering Towers

   It’s a bird, it’s a…yeah, it is a plane! Oh, and also a Tower? We are back with a cognalysis of two games, Sky Team, fresh off its Spiel des Jahres win, and also Wandering Towers. Game References Hanabi, Sky … Continue reading →

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

291

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

25

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

51

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