Avatar-mediated creativity: When embodying inventors makes engineers more creative

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Highlights：

• Investigated the impact of virtual environment on collaborative creativity.

• Designed avatars corresponding to engineer's representation of a creative person.

• Tested the influence of creative avatars on creativity processes with engineers.

• Creative avatars increased performance (quantity and originality of ideas).

摘要

•Investigated the impact of virtual environment on collaborative creativity.•Designed avatars corresponding to engineer's representation of a creative person.•Tested the influence of creative avatars on creativity processes with engineers.•Creative avatars increased performance (quantity and originality of ideas).

论文关键词：Avatars,Virtual environment,Proteus effect,Creativity,Engineering

论文评审过程：Received 11 August 2015, Revised 6 March 2016, Accepted 8 March 2016, Available online 16 March 2016, Version of Record 16 March 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.024