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A game-factors approach to cognitive benefits from video-game training: A meta-analysis

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  • Evan T Smith
  • Chandramallika Basak

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This current study is a meta-analysis conducted on 63 studies on video-game based cognitive interventions (118 investigations, N = 2,079), which demonstrated a moderate and significant training effect on overall gains in cognition, g = 0.25, p

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  • Evan T Smith & Chandramallika Basak, 2023. "A game-factors approach to cognitive benefits from video-game training: A meta-analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(8), pages 1-23, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0285925
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285925
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