Agency and presence: A common dependence on subjectivity?

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 539-552

  Herrera, Gerardo ^a   Jordan, Rita ^b   Vera, Lucía ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750901641     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.15.5.539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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