Effects of cognitive training on individual differences in attention

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4562 LNAI, Issue , 2007, Pages 279-287

  Jing, Feng ^a   Spence, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Engineering psychology; Individual differences; Selective attention; Video games

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; DATA REDUCTION; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COGNITIVE TRAINING; ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VIDEO GAMES;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 37249053858     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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