Video games for children and adolescents with special educational needs

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-89

  Durkin, Kevin ^a   Boyle, James ^a   Hunter, Simon ^a   Conti Ramsden, Gina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Learning; Special education; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883534112     PISSN: 21908370     EISSN: 21512604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000138     Document Type: Review

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