Action video games make dyslexic children read better

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 462-466

  Franceschini, Sandro ^a   Gori, Simone ^a,b   Ruffino, Milena ^b   Viola, Simona ^a   Molteni, Massimo ^b   Facoetti, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; READING; RECREATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; READING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84875250122     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.044     Document Type: Article

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