Gamification: What It Is and Why It Matters to Digital Health Behavior Change Developers

This editorial provides a behavioral science view on gamification and health behavior change, describes its principles and mechanisms, and reviews some of the evidence for its efficacy. Furthermore, this editorial explores the relation between gamification and behavior change frameworks u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cugelman, Brian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2013-12-01
Series:JMIR Serious Games
Online Access:http://games.jmir.org/2013/1/e3/