Video gaming in school children: How much is enough?

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 424-433

  Pujol, Jesus ^a,b   Fenoll, Raquel ^a   Forns, Joan ^c,d,e   Harrison, Ben J ^f   Martínez Vilavella, Gerard ^a   Macià, Dídac ^a   Alvarez Pedrerol, Mar ^c,d,e   Blanco Hinojo, Laura ^a   González Ortiz, Sofía ^a   Deus, Joan ^a,g,h   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,c,d,e  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VELOCITY; VIDEO GAME; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84986005243     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24745     Document Type: Article

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