Video games and the perception of very long durations by adolescents

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 554-559

  Tobin, Simon ^a   Grondin, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attention; Memory; Time perception; Video games

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES;

ADOLESCENTS; ATTENTION; MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION; VIDEO GAMES;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 59049100480     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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