Short-term violent video game play by adolescents alters prefrontal activity during cognitive inhibition

Media Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-154

  Hummer, Tom A ^a,b   Wang, Yang ^a   Kronenberger, William G ^b   Mosier, Kristine M ^a   Kalnin, Andrew J ^a   Dunn, David W ^b   Mathews, Vincent P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953669660     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15213261003799854     Document Type: Article

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