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Play Affordances

Play Affordances is a theoretical construct in play space design that denotes the perceived and actual properties of an environment enabling specific forms of play through the dynamic interrelation between the physical features of the space and the capabilities of the player.

55

Publications

2.8K

Citations

129

Authors

56

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

19

Parents

Publications

55

Affordances for Risky Play in Preschool: The Importance of Features in the Play Environment

Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter · Early Childhood Education Journal · 2009 · 297 citations

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The actualization of meta affordances: Conceptualizing affordance actualization in the metaverse games

Donghee Shin · Computers in Human Behavior · 2022 · 266 citations

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Designing playful interactions for social interaction and physical play

Tilde Bekker, Janienke Sturm, Berry Eggen · Personal and Ubiquitous Computing · 2009 · 178 citations · Full text

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How do you play with a robotic toy animal?

Ylva Fernaeus, Maria Håkansson, Mattias Jacobsson et al. · 2010 · 162 citations

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Stirring up experience through movement in game play

Siân Lindley, James Le Couteur, Nadia Bianchi‐Berthouze · 2008 · 157 citations

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Authors

129

  1. LW
    Llewellyn Wishart

    Deakin University, Australia

    3 publications · 60 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. AM
    Anne‐Marie Morrissey

    Deakin University, Australia

    3 publications · 60 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. JS
    Janienke Sturm

    Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

    3 publications · 202 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. IS
    Ismail Said

    University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia

    3 publications · 72 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. TB
    Tilde Bekker

    Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

    2 publications · 192 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

56

  1. University of Technology Malaysia

    Johor Bahru, Malaysia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    137 citations

  2. Queen Maud University College

    Trondheim, Norway

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    540 citations

  3. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    116 citations

  4. University of Lisbon

    Lisbon, Portugal

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    182 citations

  5. University Medical Center Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    316 citations

  6. Eindhoven University of Technology

    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    576 citations

  7. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    316 citations

  8. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    157 citations

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Venues

  1. Children Youth and Environments

    CYE · 7 publications · 151 citations

    7

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  2. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

    3 publications · 72 citations

    3

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  3. Landscape Research

    3 publications · 88 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Frontiers in Psychology

    2 publications · 58 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. International Journal of Arts and Technology

    2 publications · 87 citations

    2

    h-index

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