Videogame Addiction: Fact or Fiction?

Children's Learning in a Digital World

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 85-103

  Griffiths, Mark D ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dependent players; Dopaminergic neurotransmission; Internet; Socialization; Videogame addiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849144819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696682.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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