The precision of experienced action video-game players: Line bisection reveals reduced leftward response bias

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2193-2198

  Latham, Andrew J ^a   Patston, Lucy L M ^a   Tippett, Lynette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Action video game play; Line bisection; Response bias; Transfer of training; Visuospatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECREATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919807980     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-014-0789-x     Document Type: Article

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