Revisiting gender preference for a first-person shooter videogame : effects of non-verbal sensitivity and gender on enjoyment

• Main Authors: Jung, Younbo, Oh, Hyun Jee, Sng, Jeremy, Kwon, Joung Huem, Detenber, Benjamin H.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Gender; Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146433
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this study, we investigated the effects of gender (male vs. female) and non-verbal sensitivity (high vs. low) on game experience after playing a first-person shooter videogame. The results of Experiment 2 (n = 50) showed that participants with high non-verbal sensitivity experienced more positive...