Does video game playing impact on short-term memory task performance?

Beyond the Lab: Applications of Cognitive Research in Memory and Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-24

  Murphy, Karen ^a,b   Andrews, Glenda ^a,b   Williams, Kirsty ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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