An ecological approach to prospective and retrospective timing of long durations: A study involving gamers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Tobin, Simon ^a   Bisson, Nicolas ^a   Grondin, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLAY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME PERCEPTION; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949515048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009271     Document Type: Article

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