Empathy from avatars: Propositions for improving trust evelopment in pseudo-social relationships with avatars

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 298-309

  Morrison, Rodger ^a  

^a TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Emotion; Empathy; Human computer interaction; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949102445     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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