The play of imagination: Extending the literary mind

Games and Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-172

  Thomas, Douglas ^a   Brown, John Seely ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual blending; Imagination; Learning; Pedagogy; World of Warcraft

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649093126     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412007299458     Document Type: Article

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