zombie games
Zombie computer games are very popular. Among the wide variety of zombie games, an escape game has caught the attention of scientists. This game actually brings a group of people into a large house with many rooms and corridors, and then the staff arranges for them to wait in a room first, and gives everyone an electronic light screen map with a bird’s-eye view function. As the game starts, red dots will be displayed on the electronic light screen map – they are actually zombies played by the staff. All the players have to do is follow the prompts of the electronic light screen map and escape from the exit they think is most suitable. .
time pressure
Scientists have found that when playing the game, whether there is time pressure or not has a huge impact on players’ choices. Without time pressure, almost all players can follow the “zombie” distribution map displayed on the electronic light screen and choose a route with the fewest zombies and the easiest escape to escape the room. Once a time limit is imposed, for example, you must escape from the room before all the zombies leave the room, otherwise you will be judged dead, the player’s choice will no longer be so rational. At this time, they all chose the route they came in to escape, regardless of how many zombies there were on this road.
The reason for this phenomenon is that with the pressure of time, it is difficult for players to calm down and think carefully, and the previous route becomes an escape channel “without thinking”.
disaster scene
This result may not seem too surprising, but it is of great significance when applied to life. In some sudden disaster scenes, people’s lack of rational thinking has caused many disasters.
In the news, we often see fires in a certain karaoke bar or movie theater, and many people were injured or killed due to crowding and trampling when guests fled. Afterwards, people mostly criticized these places for not doing a good job in fire protection, but they ignored the fact that it is human instinct to choose the way to escape. If in these relatively closed places, the staff can guide people to enter from different directions before the event begins, then once a disaster occurs, people will automatically choose escape exits when they flee, and there will not be a swarm of people. It’s a situation where you are blocked at a large door and no one can get out.
Therefore, never underestimate those ordinaryGamesthe scientific principles in zombie games may be able to help us save countless lives!
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