Physiological stress response to video-game playing: the contribution of built-in music.

@article{Hbert2005PhysiologicalSR,
  title={Physiological stress response to video-game playing: the contribution of built-in music.},
  author={Sylvie H{\'e}bert and R{\'e}nee B{\'e}land and Odr{\'e}e Dionne-Fournelle and Martine Cr{\^e}te and Sonia J. Lupien},
  journal={Life sciences},
  year={2005},
  volume={76 20},
  pages={
          2371-80
        }
}
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