Log who's playing: Psychophysiological game analysis made easy through event logging

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5294 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 150-157

  Nacke, Lennart ^a   Lindley, Craig ^a   Stellmach, Sophie ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digital games; Gameplay analysis; Interactive techniques; Psychophysiology; Usability

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DIGITAL GAMES; GAMEPLAY ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUES; PLAYER EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; RECORDING SYSTEMS; USABILITY;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 57049185239     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88322-7_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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