The difference between playing games with and without the computer: A preliminary view

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-144

  Antonietti, Alessandro ^a   Mellone, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive strategies; Individual differences; Metacognition; Play; Practice effects; Video games

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; RECREATION;

COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 0043074623     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980309600604     Document Type: Article

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