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Mom, Let Me Play More Computer Games: They Improve My Mental Rotation Skills

Overview of attention for article published in Sex Roles, July 2008
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (97th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
18 news outlets
policy
1 policy source
twitter
1 X user
peer_reviews
1 peer review site
wikipedia
4 Wikipedia pages
q&a
1 Q&A thread

Citations

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142 Dimensions

Readers on

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240 Mendeley
citeulike
1 CiteULike
Title
Mom, Let Me Play More Computer Games: They Improve My Mental Rotation Skills
Published in
Sex Roles, July 2008
DOI 10.1007/s11199-008-9498-z
Authors

Isabelle D. Cherney

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X Demographics

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Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 5 2%
Switzerland 2 <1%
France 2 <1%
Belgium 2 <1%
South Africa 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Other 4 2%
Unknown 218 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 58 24%
Student > Bachelor 39 16%
Researcher 37 15%
Student > Master 23 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 7%
Other 43 18%
Unknown 23 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 101 42%
Social Sciences 37 15%
Computer Science 15 6%
Neuroscience 13 5%
Engineering 10 4%
Other 32 13%
Unknown 32 13%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 152. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 March 2024.
All research outputs
#277,114
of 25,850,376 outputs
Outputs from Sex Roles
#93
of 2,400 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#456
of 96,666 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Sex Roles
#1
of 44 outputs
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