Effects of personal relevance and simulated darkness on the affective appraisal of a virtual environment

This study investigated whether personal relevance influences the affective appraisal of a desktop virtual environment (VE) in simulated darkness. In the real world, darkness often evokes thoughts of vulnerability, threat, and danger, and may automatically precipitate emotional responses consonant w...

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Main Authors: Alexander Toet, Joske M. Houtkamp, Paul E. Vreugdenhil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-02-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1743.pdf