Given the increasing use of virtual characters, research is challenged to gain sufficient
knowledge on the effects they may have on human cognitions, emotions and behaviors …

The concept of social exclusion has recently gained more attention in the context of online
social interactions. However, there is only little data regarding the impact of virtual social …

This paper presents an experiment investigating the impact of behavior and responsiveness
on social responses to virtual humans in an immersive virtual environment (IVE). A number …

The purpose of this study was to examine social evaluations (ie, perceptions of empathy and
positivity) following peoples' interactions with digital human representations. Female …

Empirical studies have repeatedly shown that autonomous artificial entities, so-called
embodied conversational agents, elicit social behavior on the part of the human interlocutor …

Existing research has investigated whether virtual representations perceived to be
controlled by humans (ie, avatars) or those perceived to be controlled by computer …

Social responses to virtual humans in immersive Virtual Reality (VR) may depend on
whether users perceive them to be controlled by a person (avatar) or by the computer …

Several experimental studies in recent years have shown an effect of the appearance of
embodied avatars in a digital environment on subsequent behaviors in unrelated context …

There is a general lack of awareness for the influence of users＇ personality traits on human-
agent-interaction (HAI). Numerous studies do not even consider explanatory variables like …

Immersive virtual reality (IVR) can induce an experience of “social presence” which can, in
turn, increase social influence. Non-verbal behavior such as eye contact is an important …