Socially anxious and confident men interact with a forward virtual woman: An experimental study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Pan, Xueni ^a   Gillies, Marco ^b   Barker, Chris ^a   Clark, David M ^c   Slater, Mel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANXIETY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ANXIETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SHYNESS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84859598370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032931     Document Type: Article

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