"fair Play": A Videogame Designed to Address Implicit Race Bias Through Active Perspective Taking

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 371-378

  Gutierrez, Belinda ^a,b   Kaatz, Anna ^b   Chu, Sarah ^b   Ramirez, Dennis ^b   Samson Samuel, Clem ^b   Carnes, Molly ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84992731051     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0071     Document Type: Review

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