Being present in more than one place at a time? Patterns of mental self-localization

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1808-1815

  Wissmath, Bartholomäus ^a   Weibel, David ^a   Schmutz, Jan ^a   Mast, Fred W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immersion; Presence; Self localization; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SELF LOCALIZATION; TIME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 80054847487     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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