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Applications Of Adaptive Decision Making Under Risk In Health Contexts, Drew Morgan Link
Applications Of Adaptive Decision Making Under Risk In Health Contexts, Drew Morgan Link
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Research in multi-attribute decision making and how people adapt strategy selection to changes in information suggest an influence of the task environment such as increases in task complexity, time pressure, or difficulty. Decisions made within a health context provide similar scenarios in which the environment can affect multi-attribute decision making strategies. This study sought to understand the influence of the seriousness and prevalence of a disease on decision outcomes and decision-making processes within the context of vaccination. Twenty-nine participants viewed eight hypothetical scenarios involving illnesses reported in the local area or associated with travel. In the scenarios, four illnesses were …
Affective Gaming: At The Intersection Of Rhetoric, Affect, And Video Games, Joshua A. Wood
Affective Gaming: At The Intersection Of Rhetoric, Affect, And Video Games, Joshua A. Wood
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Affective Gaming is an intervention in the field of game studies, designed to address the lack of racial diversity in games. I examine the role that emotion plays in games by melding game studies and rhetorical theory with affect theory and critical identity studies. I build a theory of gaming that is attuned to the way games provoke emotion in players in order to bring a new understanding of identity to game studies. I then turn towards a theory of game design that uses affect toward a rhetorical end, and finally turn this toward games in the classroom. I also …