Designing motivational agents: The role of praise, social comparison, and embodiment in computer feedback

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1643-1650

  Mumm, Jonathan ^a   Mutlu, Bilge ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer agents; Embodiment; Feedback; Motivation; Praise; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AGENTS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EMBODIED AGENT; EMBODIMENT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; OBJECTIVE FEEDBACK; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; ON-SCREEN AGENTS; ONLINE EXPERIMENT; PRAISE; SOCIAL COMPARISON; TASK PERSISTENCE; USER FEEDBACK; USER MOTIVATION;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 79960206320     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.02.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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