Playing video games, particularly of the action genre, may facilitate learning in people with Down syndrome by improving cognitive processing. In order to examine this effect the kinds of video games these children prefer to play must be determined. Favorite video games and gaming systems were collected via survey of parents of children with Down syndrome. Most frequently played games and gaming systems were coded for genre and coordination requirements, respectively. The children did not prefer other video game genres over action video games, but did prefer gaming systems that primarily require unimanual coordination to gaming systems that primarily require bimanual coordination. The results suggest that children with Down syndrome are playing action games. In order to design more effective games for learning for this audience how they play the games is an important next step.Keywords: Down syndrome, cognitive processing, action video games, coordination requirements
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