The Influence of Human Body Orientation on Distance Judgments

The Influence of Human Body Orientation on Distance Judgments

People maintain larger distances to other peoples’ front than to their back. We investigated if humans also judge another person as closer when viewing their front than their back. Participants watched animated virtual characters (avatars) and moved a virtual plane towards their location after the a...

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Main Authors: Edgard eJung, Kohske eTakahashi, Katsumi eWatanabe, Stephan ede la Rosa, Martin V. Butz, Heinrich H. Bülthoff, Tobias eMeilinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Distance Perception
virtual reality
Avatar
proxemics
body orientation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00217/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00217/full

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