I teach the AI side of this, so may or may not transfer. One of my hooks is juxtaposing game theory and cog sci research that both look at what it means for something to be “difficult” or an “optimal decision” or similar. This recent paper is my current go-to, but I haven’t explored the space much:

Using games to understand the mind - Nature Human Behaviour

To study cognition, researchers have traditionally used laboratory-based experiments, but games offer a valuable alternative: they are intuitive and enjoyable. In this Perspective, Schulz et al. discu...

This is great. I’ll check it out.