Comparing interpersonal interactions with a virtual human to those with a real human

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-457

  Raij, Andrew B ^b   Johnsen, Kyle ^b   Dickerson, Robert F ^a,c   Lok, Benjamin C ^a,b   Cohen, Marc S ^d   Duerson, Margaret ^d   Pauly, Rebecca Rainer ^d   Stevens, Amy O ^d   Wagner, Peggy ^e   Lind, D Scott ^e  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer graphics; Evaluation methodology; Human centered computing; Intelligent agents; Interaction styles; Medicine; User interfaces; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

HUMAN-CENTERED COMPUTING; INTERACTION STYLES; INTERPERSONAL INTERACTIONS; VIRTUAL HUMAN;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MEDICINE; SIMULATORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33947579818     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2007.1036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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