Physical and social presence in collaborative virtual environments: Exploring age and gender differences with respect to empathy

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Highlights：

• Young and old adults experience the same levels of physical and social presence.

• Men experience more physical presence than women regardless of their age.

• No gender differences were found for social presence.

• Fantasy showed a mediating influence on gender differences in spatial presence.

• No influence of empathic abilities was found for social presence.

摘要

•Young and old adults experience the same levels of physical and social presence.•Men experience more physical presence than women regardless of their age.•No gender differences were found for social presence.•Fantasy showed a mediating influence on gender differences in spatial presence.•No influence of empathic abilities was found for social presence.

论文关键词：Physical presence,Social presence,Age,Gender,Empathy,Collaborative virtual environment

论文评审过程：Available online 14 November 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.045