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"By varying the songs or altering the order of the songs, players not only experienced different immersive and emotional states, but also considerably changed how they play the game. An interesting research done by Tan, Baxa and Spackman (2010) showed that playing with music that was unrelated to players' actions or events unfolding on screen got the highest scores than non-music and concurrent group.

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"Although the importance of music has moved into the focus of game developers and players, it still does not receive the same level of attention than high-end computer graphics (Rober, Deutschmann, & Masuch, 2006). Further understanding of these aspects is vital for reaching a deeper understanding of how music affects us all, and also for finding new and better ways to employ music as an active and effective means of expression in various forms of computer entertainment."

-- Jiulin Zhang and Xiaoqing Fu, "The Influence of Background Music of Video Games on Immersion", Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2015

[Academic-style citation: Zhang J, Fu X (2015) The Influence of Background Music of Video Games on Immersion. J Psychol Psychother 5: 191. doi: 10.4172/2161-0487.1000191]

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