The psychophysiology of video gaming:phasic emotional responses to game events

Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views - Worlds in Play

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ravaja, Niklas ^a   Saari, Timo ^a   Laarni, Jari ^a   Kallinen, Kari ^a   Salminen, Mikko ^a   Holopainen, Jussi ^b   Järvinen, Aki ^c  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Veikkaus   (Finland)

Author keywords

Emotions; Facial electromyography; Psychophysiology; Video games

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATOR; EMOTIONS; EVENT PATTERN; GAME DESIGN; NEGATIVE AFFECTS; ORBICULARIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; VIDEO GAME; VIDEO GAMING;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84873349218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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