The effects of movement of attractors and pictorial content of rewards on users' behaviour in virtual environments: An empirical study in the framework of perceptual opportunities

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-140

  Fencott, Clive ^a   Van Schaik, Paul ^a   Ling, Jonathan ^a   Shafiullah, Mohammed ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychology; Design; Perceptual opportunities; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GAME THEORY;

PERCEPTUAL OPPORTUNITIES (PO);

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0037224628     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(02)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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