Action video gaming and cognitive control: Playing first person shooter games is associated with improved action cascading but not inhibition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Steenbergen, Laura ^a   Sellaro, Roberta ^a   Stock, Ann Kathrin ^b   Beste, Christian ^b   Colzato, Lorenza S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; VIDEO GAME; VIDEORECORDING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955482139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144364     Document Type: Article

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