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- Authors
- Linehan, C., Kirman, B., & Roche, B.
- Venue
- The Gameful World
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Published
- 2015-01-16
- Pages
- 81-106
- OpenAlex
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- Cited by
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- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 7
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Games and Media
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Keywords
- gamification, behaviorism, motivation, behavior change
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