Learning intercultural communication skills with virtual humans: Feedback and fidelity

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1026-1033

  Lane, H Chad ^a   Hays, Matthew Jensen ^a   Core, Mark G ^a   Auerbach, Daniel ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Intelligent tutoring systems; Intercultural communication; Sense of presence; Virtual humans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887506546     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031506     Document Type: Article

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