Cognitive enhancement in video game players: The role of video game genre

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-63

  Dobrowolski, Pawel ^a   Hanusz, Krzysztof ^b   Sobczyk, Bartosz ^a   Skorko, Maciek ^a   Wiatrow, Andrzej ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Executive functions; Multiple object tracking; Task switching; Video games; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; OBJECT TRACKING;

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MULTIPLE OBJECT TRACKING; TASK SWITCHING; VIDEO GAME; VISUAL ATTENTION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84915790946     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.051     Document Type: Article

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