Abstract:IntroductionVideo games are becoming increasingly popular among children (Lenhart et al., 2015). There is a lack of research that studies the impact of online games on children’s neurocognitive functions.ObjectivesThe aim is to study neurocognitive functions in children and adolescents playing and not playing online games.MethodsThe sample comprises 100 children aged 5-10 years and 100 adolescents aged 11-16 years. The following neuropsychological indexes (Akhutina, 2016) are studied: programming and control, … Show more
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