Cracking the walnut: Using a computer game to impact cognition, emotion, and behavior of highly aggressive fifth grade students

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 421-438

  Jon Hobbs, L ^a   Yan, Zheng ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GAME THEORY;

COMPUTER GAMES; PEER BEHAVIOR;

ANIMATION;

EID: 38149085405     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.01.031     Document Type: Article

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