When too heavy is just fine: Creating trustworthy e-health advisors

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 571-583

  van Vugt, H C ^a   Konijn, E A ^a   Hoorn, J F ^a   Veldhuis, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body size; Embodied agents; Empirical study; Human computer interaction; Ideal similarity; Perception of ethics; Similarity

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EMBODIED AGENTS; EMPIRICAL STUDY; IDEAL SIMILARITY; PERCEPTION OF ETHICS; SIMILARITY;

AGENTS; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTERS; HEALTH; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 64849092189     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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