Video game training improves visual cognition: a multiple game study
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Enhancing Cognition with Video Games: A Multiple Game Training Study
BACKGROUND Previous evidence points to a causal link between playing action video games and enhanced cognition and perception. However, benefits of playing other video games are under-investigated. We examined whether playing non-action games also improves cognition. Hence, we compared transfer effects of an action and other non-action types that required different cognitive demands. METHODOL...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vision
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1534-7362
DOI: 10.1167/12.9.689