Usability testing for serious games: Making informed design decisions with user data

Advances in Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Moreno Ger, Pablo ^a   Torrente, Javier ^a   Hsieh, Yichuan Grace ^b   Lester, William T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84871459246     PISSN: 16875893     EISSN: 16875907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/369637     Document Type: Article

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