The role of psychology in understanding the impact of computer games

Boyle, Elizabeth; Connolly, Thomas; Hainey, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.entcom.2010.12.002

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“…It has been successfully applied into several researches [3,31,32]. The questionnaire consisted of 31 items overall: basic attention (4 questions), temporal dissociation (6 questions), transportation (6 questions), challenge (6 questions), emotional involvement (5 questions) and enjoyment (4 questions).…”

Section: The Measurements Of Immersionmentioning

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The Influence of Background Music of Video Games on Immersion

Fu¹

2015

J Psychol Psychother

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The background music has been proved to be an indispensable part in every successful video game. At the same time, all the video game designers and players hope video games could be as immersive as possible. Present research aimed to make an investigation about the role of video games background music in the influence of players' subjective immersion. Eighty participants were employed according to their game experience to join the experiment. All of them were assigned in pairs to finish a same video game synchronously with local area network. One was with earphone while the other not. After 20 minutes' gameplay, they needed to complete three missions (questionnaire, task after game and time distortion) with the purpose of detecting their immersion during video game. The results showed that the participants with background music got significant higher scores from questionnaire, performed worse in after-game task and expressed more serious time distortion than those participants without hearing background music. But these changes just happened to low gamers in the questionnaire and time distortion. Besides, correlations were made to find that only the questionnaire scores and time distortion were significantly related. These results of present research showed that background music did increase participants' immersion. But this improvement was likely just happened in low gamers.

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Section: The Measurements Of Immersionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Background Music of Video Games on Immersion

Fu¹

2015

J Psychol Psychother

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“…Boyle, Connolly, and Hainey (2011) determined through a content analysis that playing computer games usually has perceptive, cognitive, affective, and motivational effects. Huizinga (1995) observed that games have always been a part of culture and hold an important place in terms of cultural function.…”

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Changes in Sociocultural Representations in Popular Digital Games

Göksu¹,

Aslan²,

Karakuş³

2016

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The aim of this study is to investigate digital games with respect to sociocultural aspects and examine whether they are influenced by social and cultural events. In total, 14 digital games were studied by the researchers through documentation analysis. Results showed that sociocultural factors and current events were heavily featured in games from 2002-2004, while 2012-2014 games highlighted social interaction, natural environments of the world, and exceptional, action-packed events. This study is valuable for revealing how games reflect sociocultural changes over time.

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“…They can support personalized learning that is active, experiential, situation based, problem and inquiry-based, and they provide immediate feedback. They also involve communities of practice which provide collaborative support to learners [23]. Evidence for their efficacy as educational tools is growing.…”

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Personalized learning: Current status and potential

Nandigam

Tirumala

Baghaei

2014

2014 IEEE Conference on E-Learning, E-Management and E-Services (IC3e)

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Abstract-The term personalized learning has proliferated over recent years especially with the advancement of several educational technologies, conceptual frameworks and mobile and wireless internet technologies. The aim of this paper is to identify an acceptable personalized learning paradigm for educators. A detailed literature review on various aspects of personalized learning is also presented. Eleven participants with moderate to highly-experienced in teaching across eight countries took part for this study. The data is collected via LinkedIn collaborative participation eliminating the possibility of bias towards a particular outcome. This provides both theoretical and empirical aspects of the topic in question. The data collected from the group discussions was analyzed using content analysis techniques and the issues raised by the participants were categorized into emerging themes. This paper concludes with acknowledging the necessity of good combination of teaching and technology for a successful personalized learning paradigm.

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The role of psychology in understanding the impact of computer games

Cited by 314 publications

References 43 publications

The Influence of Background Music of Video Games on Immersion

The Influence of Background Music of Video Games on Immersion

Changes in Sociocultural Representations in Popular Digital Games

Personalized learning: Current status and potential

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