Being bad in a video game can make us morally sensitive

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 499-504

  Grizzard, Matthew ^a   Tamborini, Ron ^b   Lewis, Robert J ^c   Wang, Lu ^b   Prabhu, Sujay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MORALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MORALS; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905501377     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.0658     Document Type: Article

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