Social facilitation and inhibition with virtual characters

• Published in: Educational Technology ＆ Society Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 417 - 430
• Main Author: Zhu, Rui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Forum of Educational Technology ＆ Society 01.10.2024; International Forum of Educational Technology & Society, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan; International Forum of Educational Technology & Society
• Subjects: educational support; social facilitation; social inhibition; Special Issue Articles; task performance; virtual character; Task performance; Educational support; Virtual character; Social inhibition; Social facilitation

With an increase in interactions with non-human agents, understanding and forecasting the consequences of human interactions with them have become increasingly crucial. The present study focused on a subset of non-human agents known as virtual characters. To investigate whether people respond in the...