Taking fun seriously: Using cognitive models to reason about interaction with computer games

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 105-116

  Johnson, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer games; Fun; Human computer interaction; User modelling

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

AFFECTIVE PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL DEPRESSION; COGNITIVE MODEL; FUN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; POSITIVE EMOTIONS; USER MODELLING;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 84873349002     PISSN: 16174909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01305335     Document Type: Article

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