Avatar (computing) (English Wikipedia)

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Implementing an online help desk system based on conversational agent Authors: Alisa Kongthon, Chatchawal Sangkeettrakarn, Sarawoot Kongyoung and Choochart Haruechaiyasak. Published by ACM 2009 Article, Bibliometrics Data Bibliometrics. Published in: Proceeding, MEDES '09 Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems, ACM New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-1-60558-829-2, doi:10.1145/1643823.1643908
Cook, Sarah L.; Sha, Mandy (March 15, 2016). "Technology options for engaging respondents in self-administered questionnaires and remote interviewing". RTI Press. doi:10.3768/rtipress.2016.op.0026.1603.
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Brunskill, David (December 2013). "Social media, social avatars and the psyche: is Facebook good for us?". Australasian Psychiatry. 21 (6): 527–532. doi:10.1177/1039856213509289. PMID 24159052. S2CID 7526092.
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Heyselaar, E.; Hagoort, P.; Segaert, K. (2017). "In dialogue with an avatar, language behavior is identical to dialogue with a human partner". Behavior Research Methods. 49 (1): 46–60. doi:10.3758/s13428-015-0688-7. PMC 5352801. PMID 26676949.

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Heyselaar, E.; Hagoort, P.; Segaert, K. (2017). "In dialogue with an avatar, language behavior is identical to dialogue with a human partner". Behavior Research Methods. 49 (1): 46–60. doi:10.3758/s13428-015-0688-7. PMC 5352801. PMID 26676949.

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