An Exploratory Study of the Impact of Contextual Cues of Violence in an Active Videogame

Games for Health Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 67-71

  Peng, Wei ^a   Pfeiffer, Karin ^a   Winn, Brian ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84994031139     PISSN: 2161783X     EISSN: 21617856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0056     Document Type: Article

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