Virtual Characters: Visual Realism Affects Response Time and Decision-Making

Autor/in	Sibuma, Bernadette
Titel	Virtual Characters: Visual Realism Affects Response Time and Decision-Making
Quelle	In: Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 23 (2012) 4, S.349-360 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1093-023X
Schlagwörter	Adults; Human Body; Recognition (Psychology); Visual Discrimination; Cartoons; Nonverbal Communication; Computer Simulation; Reaction Time; Decision Making; Psychological Patterns; Pattern Recognition; Visual Perception; Physiology; Responses; Neurosciences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Menschlicher Körper; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Zeichentrickfilm; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Reaktionsvermögen; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Mustererkennung; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Physiologie; Neuroscience; Neurowissenschaften; Neurowissenschaft
Abstract	This study integrates agent research with a neurocognitive technique to study how character faces affect cognitive processing. The N170 event-related potential (ERP) was used to study face processing during simple decision-making tasks. Twenty-five adults responded to facial expressions (fear/neutral) presented in three designs (cartoon/agents/photographs). Behavioral and ERP results indicated that photographs of faces elicited the most robust neural activity in perceptual processing, as well as the most rapid and accurate motor responses during decision tasks. However, during a memory test, cartoon faces elicited the most accurate facial recognition memory. Findings suggest that realistic characters facilitate perception and decision-making but not necessarily recognition memory. (Contains 3 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10