Action video game players' visual search advantage extends to biologically relevant stimuli

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-99

  Chisholm, Joseph D ^a   Kingstone, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action video games; Attentional control; Biologically relevant stimuli; Demand characteristics; Eye movements; Faces; Oculomotor capture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930933196     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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