How feedback boosts motivation and play in a brain-training game

C.F. Burgers; A.L. Eden; M.D. van Engelenburg; S. Buningh

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.038

How feedback boosts motivation and play in a brain-training game

C.F. Burgers
, A.L. Eden
, M.D. van Engelenburg
, S. Buningh

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Games are important vehicles for learning and behavior change as long as players are motivated to continue playing. We study the impact of verbal feedback in stimulating player motivation and future play in a brain-training game. We conducted a 2 (feedback valence: positive vs. negative) × 3 (feedback type: descriptive, comparative, evaluative) between-subjects experiment (N = 157, 69.4% female, M

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	94-103
Journal	Computers in Human Behavior
Volume	48
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.038
Publication status	Published - 2015

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