Action video game modifies visual selective attention

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6939, 2003, Pages 534-537

  Green, C Shawn ^a   Bavelier, Daphne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DRIVER TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISION;

VIDEO GAMES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; GAME; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 0038700754     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01647     Document Type: Article

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