How games can redirect humanity's cognitive surplus for social good

Computers in Entertainment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Joel, Ross ^a   Tomlinson, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive surplus; Games; Persuasive technologies; Pervasive technologies; Prosocial games; Social good

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SURPLUS; GAMES; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY; PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES; PROSOCIAL GAMES; SOCIAL GOOD;

HEALTH CARE; TECHNOLOGY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 78751676649     PISSN: 15443574     EISSN: 15443981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1921141.1921145     Document Type: Article

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