Homuncular Flexibility in Virtual Reality

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 241-259

  Won, Andrea Stevenson ^a   Bailenson, Jeremy ^a   Lee, Jimmy ^b   Lanier, Jaron ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Body Schema; Homuncular Flexibility; Tool Use; Virtual Reality

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

AVATAR; BODY SCHEMA; HOMUNCULAR FLEXIBILITY; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY; LEARN+; PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; REAL-WORLD; REMAPPING; TOOL USE;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84929964360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12107     Document Type: Article

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