The impact of serious games on childhood development

Serious Games: Mechanisms and Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 145-166

  Sherry, John L ^a   Dibble, Jayson L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84909370496     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203891650     Document Type: Chapter

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