Indirect assessment of subjective flow experience during game play: adaptation of an attentional behavioral paradigm
Núñez Castellar, E. P., Antons, J.-N., Vervaeke, J., de Ferrere, E. & Van Looy, J.
Paper presented at the International Communication Association Game Studies Preconference (ICA 2015), San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2015
Summary
We adapt an attention-based behavioral paradigm to infer players’ flow states without interrupting gameplay. Performance on secondary probe tasks and response variability tracked self-reported flow across manipulated challenge levels, supporting the paradigm’s sensitivity. The approach enables continuous, minimally intrusive flow assessment suitable for laboratory and field studies.
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Núñez Castellar, E. P., Antons, J.-N., Vervaeke, J., de Ferrere, E. & Van Looy, J. (2015, May). Indirect assessment of subjective flow experience during game play: adaptation of an attentional behavioral paradigm. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Game Studies Preconference (ICA 2015), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
