"Critic-proofing" of the cognitive aspects of simple games

Computers and Education

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-144

  Martinovic, Dragana ^a   Ezeife, C I ^a   Whent, Rob ^b   Reed, Jonathan ^c   Burgess, Gerald H ^d   Pomerleau, Chantal M ^a   Yang, Yuqi ^a   Chaturvedi, Ritu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b OTEP Inc   (Canada)

^c Recolo UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Computer games; Critic proofing; Learning; Reliable coding

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COGNITIVE ASPECTS; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; CRITIC-PROOFING; LEARNING; RELIABLE CODING; TRANSFERABLE SKILLS;

BRAIN; COMPUTER GAMES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84888609725     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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