No Pain, no Gain? Investigating motivational mechanisms of game elements in cognitive tasks
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Highlights：
• Two studies examine the mechanisms of gamification on task performance.
• Gamification reduced task disengagement (non-responses) in a spatial n-back task.
• Positive affect mediated the effect of gamification on task disengagement.
• Gamification also reduced motivational conflict and subjective effort.
• Individuals low vs. high in self-control did not benefit more from gamification.
摘要
•Two studies examine the mechanisms of gamification on task performance.•Gamification reduced task disengagement (non-responses) in a spatial n-back task.•Positive affect mediated the effect of gamification on task disengagement.•Gamification also reduced motivational conflict and subjective effort.•Individuals low vs. high in self-control did not benefit more from gamification.
论文关键词：Gamification,Serious games,Self-control,Task performance,Affect,Effort,Conflict
论文评审过程：Received 27 January 2020, Revised 25 August 2020, Accepted 28 August 2020, Available online 30 August 2020, Version of Record 7 September 2020.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106542
