Video games and attention | Horizon
Professor Daphne Bavelier is researching how playing video games can actually enhance visual attention in the real world.
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- Clip length: 3'03''
- Broadcast year: 2015
Curriculum Connection
- Psychology | Cognitive Psychology | How the mind works and processes information | Memory, eye witness testimony
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Licence: ERA Licence required
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Content
- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Two
- Programme: Horizon
- Series: 2014-2015
- Episode: Are Video Games Really That Bad?
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