A scientific look at the design of aesthetically and emotionally engaging interactive entertainment experiences

Affective Computing and Interaction: Psychological, Cognitive and Neuroscientific Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 281-307

  El Nasr, Magy Seif ^a   Morie, Jacquelyn Ford ^b   Drachen, Anders ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Dragon Consulting   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-892-6.ch013     Document Type: Chapter

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