Video games and higher education: What can "Call of Duty" teach our students?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Tannahill, Nick ^a   Tissington, Patrick ^a   Senior, Carl ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84867135707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00210     Document Type: Note

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