Cognitive control and the COMT Val158Met polymorphism: Genetic modulation of videogame training and transfer to task-switching efficiency

Psychological Research

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 670-678

  Colzato, Lorenza S ^a,c   van den Wildenberg, Wery P M ^b   Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECREATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906309501     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-013-0514-8     Document Type: Article

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