Is game immersion just another form of selective attention? : an empirical investigation of real world dissociation in computer game immersion

When your daughter is playing video-games and you call her to dinner but she fails to respond, do you assume she heard you and ignored you? Everyday descriptions of game immersion suggest that the real world dissociation experienced by gamers could be an extreme form of selective attention. If this...

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Main Author: Jennett, Charlene Ianthe
Published: University College London (University of London) 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.564989