Gamification: The intersection between behavior analysis and game design technologies

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-40

  Morford, Zachary H ^a   Witts, Benjamin N ^a   Killingsworth, Kenneth J ^a   Alavosius, Mark P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior analysis; Game design; Games; Gamification; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903742714     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: 21968918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40614-014-0006-1     Document Type: Article

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