Using Adaptive Difficulty to Optimize Videogame-Based Training Performance: The Moderating Role of Personality

Military Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-165

  Bauer, Kristina N ^a   Brusso, Robert C ^a   Orvis, Karin A ^a,b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 84860272256     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2012.672908     Document Type: Article

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