Trusting a Virtual Driver That Looks, Acts, and Thinks Like You

Human Factors

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 895-909

  Verberne, Frank M F ^a   Ham, Jaap ^a   Midden, Cees J H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

facial similarity; liking; mimicry; perceived similarity; shared goals; similarity; trust; virtual agent

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS;

FACIAL SIMILARITY; LIKING; MIMICRY; PERCEIVED SIMILARITY; SHARED GOALS; SIMILARITY; TRUST; VIRTUAL AGENT;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; TRUST;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRUST; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84937825091     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720815580749     Document Type: Article

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