Immersive virtual environment technology as a basic research tool in psychology

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 557-564

  Loomis, Jack M ^a   Blascovich, James J ^a   Beall, Andrew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0033218080     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200735     Document Type: Article

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