Examining the Relationship Between Action Video Game Experience and Performance in a Distracted Driving Task

Current Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 527-539

  Rupp, Michael A ^a   McConnell, Daniel S ^a   Smither, Janan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action games; Distracted driving; Videogame playing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924401817     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-015-9318-x     Document Type: Article

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