Gamification: A cognitive-emotional view

Jeffrey K. Mullins and Rajiv Sabherwal

Journal of Business Research, 2020, vol. 106, issue C, 304-314

Abstract: Successful gamified systems engage players by eliciting their positive and negative emotions. However, prior literature provides little guidance on how to create emotional experiences through gamified design. This paper reviews work in psychology and neuroscience to examine the interactive processes of cognition and emotion and connect them to gamification. More specifically, it draws upon a model of the cognitive structure of emotions and the mechanics–dynamics–emotions framework for gamification to advance a cognitive–emotional view of gamification.

Keywords: Cognition; Emotion; Gamification; Mechanics; Neuroscience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.09.023

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