Anthropomorphism influences perception of computer-animated characters' actions

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-216

  Chaminade, Thierry ^a,d   Hodgins, Jessica ^a,b   Kawato, Mitsuo ^a,c  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Biological motion; Computer animated characters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NETWORK LEARNING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOSOPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 34548602256     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsm017     Document Type: Article

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