From presence to consciousness through virtual reality

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 332-339

  Sanchez Vives, Maria V ^a   Slater, Mel ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; PAIN; PARANOIA; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 16444365837     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1651     Document Type: Review

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