The Impact of Action Video Game Training on Mathematical Abilities in Adults

• Main Authors: Melissa E. Libertus (Author), Allison Liu (Author), Olga Pikul (Author), Theodore Jacques (Author), Pedro Cardoso-Leite (Author), Justin Halberda (Author), Daphne Bavelier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Playing action video games has previously been linked to improvements in attentional control, the ability to choose what to attend and what to ignore that relies on a frontoparietal network of the brain. Here we asked whether action video game training would impact a range of mathematical abilities...