Playing Some Video Games but Not Others Is Related to Cognitive Abilities: A Critique of Unsworth et al. (2015)

Psychological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 679-682

  Green, C Shawn ^a   Kattner, Florian ^a   Eichenbaum, Adam ^b   Bediou, Benoit ^c   Adams, Deanne M ^d   Mayer, Richard E ^e   Bavelier, Daphne ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; COGNITION; VIDEO GAME;

APTITUDE; COGNITION; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 85019238524     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797616644837     Document Type: Note

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