MMORPGS and cognitive performance: A study with 1280 Brazilian high school students

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1564-1573

  Campello De Souza, Bruno ^a   De Lima E Silva, Leonardo Xavier ^a   Roazzi, Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mediation; MMORPG

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ACTIVITY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; COMPUTER GAME; DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; DIGITAL AGE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; HUMAN INTELLIGENCE; MEDIATION; MMORPG; MMORPGS; MULTIPLAYERS; NEW MODEL; PSYCHOMETRIC TEST; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; SOCIAL GROUPS;

BRAIN;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77956188142     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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