Action video gaming and cognitive control: Playing first person shooter games is associated with improvement in working memory but not action inhibition

Psychological Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 234-239

  Colzato, Lorenza S ^a   van den Wildenberg, Wery P M ^b   Zmigrod, Sharon ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84874024782     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-012-0415-2     Document Type: Article

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