Dissociable effects of game elements on motivation and cognition in a task-switching training in middle childhood

Although motivational reinforcers are often used to enhance the attractiveness of trainings of cognitive control in children, little is known about how such motivational manipulations of the setting contribute to separate gains in motivation and cognitive-control performance. Here we provide a frame...

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Main Authors: Sandra eDörrenbächer, Philipp Matthias Müller, Johannes eTröger, Jutta eKray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01275/full