The expression of personality in virtual worlds

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-12

  Yee, Nick ^a   Harris, Helen ^a   Jabon, Maria ^a   Bailenson, Jeremy N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Personality; Quantitative models; Research methods; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051716630     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550610379056     Document Type: Article

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