On-line social interactions and executive functions

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2012, 2012, Pages 1-22

  Ybarra, Oscar ^a,c   Winkielman, Piotr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Executive function; Mental Fitness; On line Social Cognition; Socializing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONHUMAN; ON LINE SOCIAL INTERACTION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84859012910     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00075     Document Type: Review

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