Immersion in the virtual environment: The effect of a musical score on the video gaming experience

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 337-343

  Lipscomb, Scott D ^a   Zehnder, Sean M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cinema; Film music; Film sound; Music cognition; Music perception; Sound design; Soundtrack; Video game; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PLAY; RANDOMIZATION; RECREATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; SEX FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 15244345359     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.23.337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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