Better to be red than blue in virtual competition

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-377

  Ilie, Andrei ^a   Ioan, Silvia ^a   Zagrean, Leon ^a   Moldovan, Mihai ^a,b  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COLOR; COMPETITION; COMPUTER; GAME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 44949140649     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0122     Document Type: Article

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