Action video game players form more detailed representation of objects

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 327-334

  Sungur, Hande ^a   Boduroglu, Aysecan ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Multiple object tracking; Representation resolution; Spatial resolution; Useful field of view; Videogame; Visual short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; RECREATION; VISION;

ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEO GAMES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855813612     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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