Boys' and girls' use of cognitive strategy when learning to play video games

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-158

  Blumberg, Fran C ^a   Sokol, Lori M ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Cognitive strategies; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942538554     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.131.2.151-158     Document Type: Article

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