Human–computer integration is an emerging area in which the boundary between humans
and technology is blurred as users and computers work collaboratively and share agency to …

Toxic behavior is known to cause harm in online games. Players regularly experience
negative, hateful, or inappropriate behavior. Interventions, such as banning players or chat …

Psychological need frustration—experiences like failure, loneliness, or coercion—is
emerging as a promising explanation for why people disengage with games and other …

Background: Assessment for mental health is performed by experts using interview
techniques, questionnaires, and test batteries and following standardized manuals; …

Experiencing the thrill of success is one of digital gaming's pleasures, but often also involves
the crush of repeated failure. To explore success and failure in play, we conducted a mixed …

Digital biomarkers are defined as objective, quantifiable physiological and behavioral data
that are collected and measured by means of digital devices. Their use has revolutionized …

Despite enormous resource investment, researchers lack consensus on seemingly simple
questions about how video games affect players. Topics such as violent games and …

Players can get stuck in video games, which impedes their process to their goal and results
in unfavorable outcomes like negative emotions, impediments of flow, and obstacles for …

Providing intelligent feedback to aid authoring has been proposed as a way to speed up
authoring, give the author more control, and to enable the authoring of more complex …

Games allow players to fulfill the need for competence by providing well-designed,
increasingly difficult challenges. To meet these challenges, players repeatedly attempt to …