High versus low aggressive priming during video-game training: Effects on violent action during game play, hostility, heart rate, and blood pressure

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2458-2474

  Panee, Cameron D ^a   Ballard, Mary E ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036914485     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb02751.x     Document Type: Article

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