Learning, attentional control, and action video games

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Green, C S ^a   Bavelier, D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Universite de Genve   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECREATION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84858645685     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.012     Document Type: Review

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