Cross-modal compensation between name and visual aspect in socially active avatars

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1772-1776

  Guitton, Matthieu J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avatar; Embodiment; Gender effect; Name; Social interactions; Virtual human

Indexed keywords

AVATAR; EMBODIMENT; GENDER EFFECTS; NAME; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; VIRTUAL HUMANS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; LINGUISTICS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77956189450     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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