Acute exposure to difficult (but not violent) video games dysregulates cognitive control
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Highlights：
• We examined the effects of game difficulty and game violence on cognitive control.
• Game difficulty and game violence were orthogonally manipulated using custom games.
• Game difficulty reduced cognitive control for people who found the games difficult.
• Violent game content had no effect on post-game cognitive control.
摘要
•We examined the effects of game difficulty and game violence on cognitive control.•Game difficulty and game violence were orthogonally manipulated using custom games.•Game difficulty reduced cognitive control for people who found the games difficult.•Violent game content had no effect on post-game cognitive control.
论文关键词：Violent video games,Executive functioning,Cognitive control,Self-control,Game difficulty
论文评审过程：Available online 18 December 2014.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.089
