Your Avatar Can Influence Real-World Behavior

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Uploaded by on Feb 23, 2010

Stanford researcher finds that experiences with avatars, including personalized images of ourselves, can change our view of reality and the way we act in the real world.

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  • Because avatars increase the expectations of an individual towards another.

    They usually think that they are gorgeous or handsome regarding of the photo.

  • I loved this video thank you

  • This video is great.

  • Thank you for sharing

  • Good video.

  • I use a great guy avatar

  • So cool video.

  • That woman has very big pupils. LOL

  • It really is amazing. These 3D-chat worlds are unparalleled research platforms for psychology and you-name-it others. (hey, I'm not an exception; I use secondlife and actively monitor my and others' interactions/behaviors)

  • I got distracted by her pupils

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