A biopsychosocial analysis of the video game-playing experience of children and adults in the United States

SIMILE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-

  Funk, Jeanne B ^a   Chan, Margaret ^a   Brouwer, Jason ^a   Curtiss, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 33749012284     PISSN: 14966603     EISSN: 14966603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/sim.6.3.001     Document Type: Article

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