Cognitive callisthenics: Do FPS computer games enhance the player's cognitive abilities?

Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views - Worlds in Play

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kearney, Paul R ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities; FPS; Multiplayer; Multitasking

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ABILITY; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER GAME; CONTROL GROUPS; FIRST PERSON SHOOTER; FPS; IMMERSIVE; MULTIPLAYERS; NETWORKED GAMES; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MULTITASKING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 70350610330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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