Social inhibition in immersive virtual environments

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-195

  Hoyt, Crystal L ^a   Blascovich, Jim ^a   Swinth, Kimberly R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL INHIBITION;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0037650077     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474603321640932     Document Type: Review

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