Playing video games cooperatively increases empathic concern

Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 408-413

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Empathy; Media effects; Video game context; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892953372     PISSN: 18649335     EISSN: 21512590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000154     Document Type: Article

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