Action video gaming and cognitive control: playing first person shooter games is associated with improvement in working memory but not action inhibition

2012/01/21 by Lorenza S. Colzato, Wery P. M. van den Wildenberg, Sharon Zmigrod +1
Computer Science · Psychology · #Cognitive Abilities and Testing #Cognitive Science and Mapping #Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning

paper · doi:10.1007/s00426-012-0415-2

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