Social organization in virtual settings depends on proximity to human visual aspect

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1258-1261

  Lortie, Catherine L ^a,b   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

Anthropomorphism; Avatar; Group dynamics; Social interactions; Virtual setting; Visual representation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHISM; AVATAR; GROUP DYNAMICS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; VIRTUAL SETTING; VISUAL REPRESENTATION;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 79952193853     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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