An examination of flow and immersion in games

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2183-2187

  Procci, Katelyn ^a   Bowers, Clint ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW STATE; IMMERSIVE; IMPROVING LEARNING; PILOT STUDIES; SERIOUS GAMES;

RESEARCH;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 81855173514     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1071181311551455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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