The effects of autonomous difficulty selection on engagement, motivation, and learning in a motion-controlled video game task

Human Movement Science

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 326-335

  Leiker, Amber M ^a   Bruzi, Alessandro T ^b   Miller, Matthew W ^a   Nelson, Monica ^a   Wegman, Rebecca ^a   Lohse, Keith R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Engagement; Motivation; Motor learning; Videogames

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIDEO GAME; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989352472     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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