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Krez, I., & Niedenthal, S. (2008). Lighting in digital game worlds: Effects on affect and play performance. Cyberpsychology & Behavior, 11(2), 129–137. Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (31/07/2009, 04:16) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Peer reviewed Published DOI: doi:10.1089/cpb.2007.0006 BibTeX citation key: Krez2008 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emotion Creators: Krez, Niedenthal Collection: Cyberpsychology & Behavior |
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"As a means of extending the significance of findings in experimental psychology and nonvisual psychological lighting research to digital game research, the present study was designed to investigate the impact of warm (reddish) and cool (bluish) simulated illumination in digital game worlds on game users' affect and play performance. In line with some previous findings, we predicted that lighting in a digital game world might, as in the real world, differently influence the nonvisual psychological mechanisms of affect, which in turn might enhance or impair the players' performance. It was shown that the players performed best and fastest in a game world lit with a warm (reddish) as compared to a cool (bluish) lighting. The former color of lighting also induced the highest level of pleasantness in game users. A regression analysis indicated tentatively that it was the level of pleasantness induced by the warm lighting that enhanced the players' better performance in that digital game world. It was also shown that high- as opposed to medium- or low-skilled players engage almost 2.5 times more per week in game playing. Given their skill, they performed significantly faster and felt significantly calmer and more relaxed in doing so."
Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard |