Increasing Speed of Processing With Action Video Games
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Increasing Speed of Processing With Action Video Games.
In many everyday situations, speed is of the essence. However, fast decisions typically mean more mistakes. To this day, it remains unknown whether reaction times can be reduced with appropriate training, within one individual, across a range of tasks, and without compromising accuracy. Here we review evidence that the very act of playing action video games significantly reduces reaction times ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Directions in Psychological Science
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0963-7214,1467-8721
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01660.x