On-line social interactions and executive functions

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APRIL 2012, 2012, Pages

  Ybarra, Oscar ^a   Winkielman, Piotr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Mental fitness; On line social cognition; Socializing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84933673481     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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