The development of an instrument to measure the degree of animation predisposition of agent users

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 478-495

  Serenko, Alexander ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animated agents; Animation predisposition; Instrument development

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES;

ANIMATED AGENTS; ANIMATION PREDISPOSITION; INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMATION;

EID: 33747762918     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.10.042     Document Type: Article

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