Spatial presence and emotions during video game playing: Does it matter with whom you play?

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-392

  Ravaja, Niklas ^a   Saari, Timo ^a   Turpeinen, Marko ^b   Laarni, Jari ^a   Salminen, Mikko ^a   Kivikangas, Matias ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 33748662015     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.15.4.381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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