The effect of action video game experience on task-switching

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 984-994

  Shawn Green, C ^a   Sugarman, Michael A ^b,d   Medford, Katherine ^b   Klobusicky, Elizabeth ^b   Bavelier, Daphne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action video games; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ACTION VIDEO GAMES; COST ADVANTAGES; GAME PLAYING; PERCEPTUAL SKILLS; TASK-SWITCHING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84857358935     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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