Earlier Visual N1 Latencies in Expert Video-Game Players: A Temporal Basis of Enhanced Visuospatial Performance?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Latham, Andrew J ^a   Patston, Lucy L M ^a   Westermann, Christine ^b   Kirk, Ian J ^a   Tippett, Lynette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPERIENCE; GAME; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER TIME; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; RECREATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL N1 LATENCY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VIDEO GAMES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884237662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075231     Document Type: Article

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