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Reviews (120) Digital Health Reviews (3652) Serious Games for Health and Medicine (1199) Machine Learning (3158) Artificial Intelligence (4744)

Published on in Vol 12 (2024)

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The Role of AI in Serious Games and Gamification for Health: Scoping Review

The Role of AI in Serious Games and Gamification for Health: Scoping Review

Authors of this article:

Daniel Tolks1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Johannes Jeremy Schmidt1 Author Orcid Image ;   Sebastian Kuhn1, 3 Author Orcid Image
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