DOOM'd to switch: superior cognitive flexibility in players of first person shooter games

The interest in the influence of videogame experience on our daily life is constantly growing. “First Person Shooter” (FPS) games require players to develop a flexible mindset to rapidly react to fast moving visual and auditory stimuli, and to switch back and forth between differ...

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Main Authors: Lorenza S Colzato, Pieter J A Van Leeuwen, Wery Van Den Wildenberg, Bernhard Hommel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00008/full