Video Game Play and Consciousness
( Perspectives on Cognitive Psychology )
Publication series ：Perspectives on Cognitive Psychology
Author： Jayne Gackenbach (Department of Psychology Grant MacEwan University Edmonton Alberta Canada)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2012
E-ISBN: 9781620811276
Subject： B84 Psychology
Keyword： Psychology and Psychiatry
Language： ENG
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Description
The idea that such pervasive and ever-growing immersion in virtual play affects consciousness seems obvious and is the focus of this volume. These apparently wide-ranging topics have never been collected together under the consciousness and gaming header. Adding to any serious inquiry into gaming and consciousness must be the first-person account or the phenomenon itself. This book leads off with just such an examination. The 16 chapters in this edited book are divided into five sections: Player Experience; From Attention and Absorption to Flow; Unconscious Processing; Imaginal Considerations; and Applications. This book represents an international and interdisciplinary offering.