Empathy toward virtual humans depicting a known or unknown person expressing pain

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-71

  Bouchard, Stéphane ^a,b   Bernier, François ^c   Boivin, Éric ^c   Dumoulin, Stéphanie ^a,d   Laforest, Mylène ^a,b   Guitard, Tanya ^a,d   Robillard, Geneviève ^a   Monthuy Blanc, Johana ^a,e   Renaud, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872559512     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.1571     Document Type: Article

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