Gender issues in the use of virtual environments

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-123

  Larson, P ^a   Rizzo, A A ^b   Buckwalter, J G ^b   Van Rooyen, A ^a   Kratz, K ^a   Neumann, U ^b   Kesselman, C ^c   Thiebaux, M ^c   Van Der Zaag, C ^b  

^a FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0033027080     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.1999.2.113     Document Type: Article

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