Competitive versus cooperative exergame play for african american adolescents' executive function skills: Short-term effects in a long-term training intervention

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-342

  Staiano, Amanda E ^a   Abraham, Anisha A ^b   Calvert, Sandra L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Competition; Executive function skills; Exergame; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862998880     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026938     Document Type: Article

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