Veronica Zammitto is a PhD candidate at School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, and Game User Specialist at Electronic Arts. She is currently utilizing quantitative methodologies including eye tracking and psychophysiological data for user experience in sport video games.
Her background is rooted in psychology and game studies which ideally positions her to understand emotional, cognitive, personality and social aspects of gamers and gameplay. Her research focuses on design and implementation of game user-experience techniques, gamer demographics and preferences, and believable characters.
E-mail: veronica_zammitto@sfu.ca
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IAT 800 - Foundations of Computational Art and Design
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Thesis
"Correlations between gamers' personality and their gaming preferences"
Senior supervisor: Steve DiPaola
Committee members: Jim Bizzocchi, Magy Seif El-Nasr