Exploring the effects of videogame play on creativity performance and emotional responses

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 396-407

  Yeh, Chloe Shu Hua ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional breadth; Cognitive flexibility; Creativity; Emotion and videogame play

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

ACTION VIDEO GAMES; ATTENTIONAL BREADTH; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; CREATIVITY; EMOTION AND VIDEOGAME PLAY; EMOTIONAL RESPONSE; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84937938797     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.024     Document Type: Article

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