Casual video games as training tools for attentional processes in everyday life

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 654-660

  Stroud, Michael J ^a   Whitbourne, Susan Krauss ^b  

^a MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946843204     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0316     Document Type: Article

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