A review of the use of psychophysiological methods in game research

Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-199

  Kivikangas, J Matias ^a   Chanel, Guillaume ^b   Cowley, Ben ^a   Ekman, Inger ^a   Salminen, Mikko ^a   Järvelä, Simo ^a   Ravaja, Niklas ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Critical review; Digital games; Game design; Game experience; Methodology; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85076386122     PISSN: 1757191X     EISSN: 17571928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/jgvw.3.3.181_1     Document Type: Article

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