Flow experience in cyberspace: Current studies and perspectives

Psychological Aspects of Cyberspace: Theory, Research, Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 70-101

  Voiskounsky, Alexander E ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511813740.005     Document Type: Chapter

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