There's no "I" in team: Effects of cooperative video games on cooperative behavior

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 224-228

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Cox, Christopher ^b  

^a Institute of Psychology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84876082227     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1940     Document Type: Article

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