Publications Advanced Reality Lab (ARL)

2023

• Biting the forbidden fruit: The effect of flirting with a virtual agent on attraction to real alternative and existing partners

  Yael R. Chen, Kobi Zholtack, Jonathan Giron, Doron Friedman

  Volume 4, 2023, 100084

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2022

• Animating Facial Expressions from Audio

  Daniel Karalnik, MSc Thesis

  March 2022

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2020

• Virtual reality-based conflict resolution

  The impact of immersive 360° video on changing view points and moral judgment in the context of violent intergroup conflict. To appear in New Media & Society, 2020.‏

  Hasler, B. S., Landau, D., Hasson, Y., Schori-Eyal, N., Giron, J., Levy, J., Halperin, E., & Friedman, D. (accepted).
• Book review of Brain art: Brain-computer interfaces for artistic expression

  A. Nijholt (ed) review in Brain Computer Interfaces, 2020.

  D. Friedman.

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• Virtual-reality as a Simulation Tool for Non-humanoid Social Robots.

  In Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems(pp. 1-9).‏

  Sadka, O., Giron, J., Friedman, D., Zuckerman, O., & Erel, H. (2020, April).

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2019

• Algorithmic Induction of Physiological States: First Steps

  MSc Thesis, IDC School of Computer Science, 2019.

  Keren Or Berkers.

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• The enemy's gaze: Immersive virtual environments enhance peace promoting attitudes and emotions in violent intergroup conflicts.

  PloS one, 4(9), 2019.

  Y. Hasson, N. Schori-Eyal, D. Landau, B. S. Hasler, J. Levy, D. Friedman, and E. Halperin.

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• Individuals in a Romantic Relationship Express Guilt and Devaluate Attractive Alternatives after Flirting with a Virtual Bartender.

  in Proceedings of the 19th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (pp. 62-64). ACM. Paris, July 2019.

  Y. R. Chen, G. E. Birnbaum, J. Giron, and D. Friedman.

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• High Performance BCI in Controlling an Avatar Using the Missing Hand Representation in Long Term Amputees

  in Brain-Computer Interface Research: A State-of-the-Art Summary, Springer, pp. 93-101, 2019.

  O. Cohen, D. Doron, M. Koppel, R. Malach, D. Friedman.

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2018

• Immersive journalism: The new narrative.

  in Robot Journalism: Can Human Journalism Survive?, World Scientific, pp. 79-92, 2018.

  D. Friedman and C. Kotzen.

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• A General Purpose Machine-Learning Tool for Real-Time fMRI Whole-Brain Pattern Classification

  in International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), pp. 1-8. Rio, Brazil, July, 2018.

  O. Cohen, M. Koppel, R. Malach, D. Friedman

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• Algorithmic Induction of Physiological State: First Steps

  LLARLA Workshop in IJCAI/ICML, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2018.

  K. Berkers, J. Giron and D. Friedman

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2017

• Using Recurrent Neural Networks for P300-based Brain-Computer Interface

  to appear in Proc 7th Graz BCI Int'l Conf, Graz, Austria, September, 2017.

  O. Tal, D. Friedman.

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• High performance in brain-computer interface control of an avatar using the missing hand representation in long term amputees

  Proc. 8th Intl IEEE EMBS Conf Neural Eng, 403-406, Shanghai, China, May 2017.

  O. Cohen, D. Doron, M. Koppel, R. Malach, D. Friedman.

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• BCIforReal: An application-Oriented Approach to BCI Out of the Laboratory.

  in Proc. 22nd Int'l Conf. Intelligent User Interfaces Companion (IUI '17 Companion). 5-7. Limassol, Cyprus, March, 2017.

  D. Friedman, A. M. Brouwer, A. Nijholt.

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2016

• Multi-Destination Beaming: Apparently Being in Three Places at Once Through Robotic and Virtual Embodiment

  Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 3(65), 2016.

  S. Kishore, X. Navarro Muncunill, P. Bourdin, K. Or-Berkers, D. Friedman, M. Slater.

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• The Beaming proxy: Towards virtual clones for communication

  in Human Computer Confluence: Advancing our Understanding of the Emerging Symbiotic Relation between Humans and Computing Devices, Versita, pp. 156-174, 2016.

  D. Friedman, B. Hasler.

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• Covert NeuroFeedback without awareness shapes cortical network spontaneous connectivity

  Proc National Academy of Sciences, 201516857, 2016.

  M. Ramot, S. Grossman, D. Friedman, R. Malach.

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2015

• A data-driven validation of EEG frontal asymmetry using a consumer device

  4th International Workshop on Affective Brain Computer Interfaces, Xian, China, August, 2015.

  D. Friedman, S. Shapira, L. Jacobson, M. Gruberger.

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• How to time travel in highly immersive virtual reality

  Proc. ICAT-EGVE, , 117-124, Kyoto, Japan, Septemeber, 2015.

  R. Pizarro, K. Berkers, M. Slater, D. Friedman.

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• Brain-computer interface control of virtual reality

  Handbook of Digital Games and Entertainment Technologies, Ryohei Nakatsu, Matthias Rauterberg and Paolo Ciancarini (eds), Springer, 2015.

  D. Friedman.

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• Differential Magnetic Resonance Neurofeedback modulations across Extrinsic and Intrinsic nodes of the human cortex

  The Journal of Neuroscience, 35(6), 2588-2595, 2015.

  T. Harmelech, D. Friedman, and R. Malach.

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• Virtual time travel: How to go back in time, kill your grandparents, and get back alive

  21st Annual Conf. Towards a Science of Consciousness, Helsinki, Finland, 2015.

  D. Friedman.

2014

• Virtual Peacemakers: Mimicry Increases Empathy in Simulated Contact with Virtual Outgroup Members

  Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17.12, 766-771, 2014.

  B. Hasler, T. Shani, G. Hirschberger, D. Friedman.

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• The Future of Online Therapy

  Computers in Human Behavior, in press, 2014.

  Y. Amichai-Hamburger, A. Klome Brunstein, D. Friedman, O. Zuckerman, T. Shani.

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• fMRI-based robotic embodiment: Controlling a a humanoid robot by thought using real-time fMRI

  Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 23(3): 229-241, 2014.

  O. Cohen, S. Druon, S. Lengagne, A. Mendelsohn, R. Malach, A. Kheddar, D. Friedman.

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• Special issue on Robots, Virtual Reality and Neurofeedback in Telepresence

  Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, special issue, 2014.

  D. Friedman, C. Guger.
• Implicit learning of SSVEP based brain computer interface

  The 6th Int'l Brain-Computer Interface Conference, Graz, Austria, Septemeber, 2014.

  J. Giron, M. Segal, D. Friedman.

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• A generic machine learning tool for online whole brain classification for fMRI

  The 6th Int'l Brain-Computer Interface Conference, Graz, Austria, Septemeber, 2014.

  O. Cohen, M. Ramot, R. Malach, M. Koppel, D. Friedman.

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• Interacting with virtual Palestinians: Mimicry, empathy, and prejudice.

  Paper presented at the the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Rome, Italy, July, 2014.

  B. S. Hasler, D. Friedman, T. Shani Sherman, and G. Hirschberger.
• A method for generating an illusion of backwards time travel using immersive virtual reality - an exploratory study

  Front. Psychol. | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00943, 2014.

  D. Friedman, R. Pizarro, K. Or-Berkers, S. Neyret, X. Pan4 a M. Slater.

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• Eureka: Realizing That an Application is Responding to Your Brainwaves

  Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Design and Development Methods for Universal Access. Springer International Publishing, 495-502. 2014.

  J. Giron, and D. Friedman.

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• Controlling an Avatar by Thought using real-time fMRI

  accepted to J. of Neural Engineering, 2014.

  O. Cohen, M. Koppel, R. Malach and D. Friedman.

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• Real-time Gesture Translation in Intercultural Communication

  Artificial Intelligence & Society, pp. 1-11, 2014.

  B. Hasler, O. Salomon, P. Tuchman, A. Lev-Tov, D. Friedman.

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• Playing well with virtual classmates: Relating avatar design to group satisfaction.

  In Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2014), Baltimore, USA, February 15-19, 2014.

  Ratan, R., & Hasler, B. S. (2014).

2013

• Virtual Research Assistants: Replacing Human Interviewers by Automated Avatars in Virtual Worlds

  Computers in Human Behavior, 29(4), 1608-1616, 2013.

  B. S. Hasler, P. Tuchman, and D. Friedman.

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• Online intergroup contact.

  To appear in Y. Amichai-Hamburger (Ed.), The social net. Human behavior in cyberspace (2nd ed), New York: Oxford University Press.

  B. Hasler and Y. Amichai-Hamburger. (accepted).
• Virtual substitute teacher: Introducing the concept of the classroom proxy

  Proceedings of the 3rd European Immersive Education Summit (iED), pages 186-197, London, UK, November 2013.

  D. Friedman, O. Salomon, B. Hasler.

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• Do virtual worlds support engaging social conferencing?

  In M. Childs & A. Peachey (Eds.), Understanding learning in virtual worlds (pp. 165-179). London: Springer, Human-Computer Interaction Series.

  Schmeil, A., Hasler, B., Peachey, A., de Freitas, S., Nehmzow, C. (2013).

2012

• The ShanghAI Lectures: A global education project on artificial intelligence.

  Journal of Universal Computer Science, 18, 2542-2555.

  Labhart, N., Hasler, B. S., Zbinden, A., & Schmeil, A. (2013).
• Designing for effective collaboration experiences in virtual worlds.

  In Proceedings of the Seventh IASTED Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI 2012), Baltimore, USA, May 14-16, 2012.

  Schmeil, A., & Hasler, B. S. (2012).
• Psychology of Immersive Environments Technology Working Group (PIE.TWG) CHARTER.

  Journal of Immersive Education, 1(1).

  Gilbert, R. L., & Hasler, B. S. (2012).

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• Global warming on Second Life: The public sphere and free discussion in collaborative virtual environments.

  International journal of Environment, Ecology, Family and Urban Studies, Vol. 2, Issue 3.pp. 61-78, 2012.

  A. Lavie-Dinur, Y. Karniel, and D. Friedman.
• Beaming: An asymmetric telepresence system

  to appear in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2012.

  A. Steed, W. Steptoe, W. Oyekoya, F. Pece, T. Weyrich, J. Kautz, D. Friedman, A. Peer, M. Buss, M. Solazzi, F. Tecchia, M. Bergamasco, A. Frisoli, M. Sanchez-Vives, M. Reiner, G. Ruffini, M. Harder, G. Sz?kely, B. Cohen, D. Hammersh?i, M. Slater.

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• Sociocultural conventions in avatar-mediated nonverbal communication: A cross-cultural analysis of virtual proxemics.

  Journal of Intercultural Communication Research(special issue on Intercultural New Media Research), 41(3), 239-260, 2012.

  B. S. Hasler and D. Friedman.
• fMRI-based robotic embodiment: A pilot study

  IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, June 24-27, Roma, Italy. 2012.

  O. Cohen, S. Druon, S. Lengagne, A. Mendelsohn, R. Malach, A. Kheddar, D. Friedman.

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• Global Warming on Second Life: The Public Sphere and Free Discussion in Collaborative Virtual Environments

  in Media in the Swirl, R. D. Dhar, P. Rana, Eds, pp. 65-77, Pentagon Press, 2012.

  Y. Karniel, A. Lavie Dinur, D. Friedman.

2011

• Controlling an avatar by thought using real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging

  Abstract published special issue of the Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, and Proceedings of the 20th Israeli Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Eilat, Dec. 2011.

  O. Cohen, A. Mendelsohn, D. Drai, R. Malach, D. Friedman.

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• Virtual clones: Data-driven social navigation.

  Paper to be presented in: proc. of the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. pp-28-34, Iceland, 2011.

  D. Friedman, P. Tuchman.

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• Bots in our midst: Communicating with automated agents in online virtual worlds.

  Poster presented at: the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. pp 441-442. Reykjavik, Iceland, 2011.

  D. Friedman, B. Hasler, A. Brovman, P. Tuchman.

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• Designing the virtual self: How psychological connections to avatars may influence education-related outcomes of use.

  Paper presented at the First European Immersive Education Summit. Madrid, Spain, 2011.

  R. Ratan, B. Hasler.
• Real-time translation of nonverbal communication in cross-cultural online encounters.

  Paper presented at: The International Workshop on Culturally Motivated Virtual Characters. Reykjavik, Iceland, 2011.

  B. Hasler, O. Salomon, P. Tuchman, A. Nae O’Malley, D. Friedman.

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• Spatial behavior in virtual worlds: Two field studies on inter-avatar distance.

  Paper presented at the 2011 Conference of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA, USA, 2011.

  B. Hasler and D. Friedman.
• The ShanghAI Lectures: A case study in global education.

  Paper presented at the Immersive Education Summit, Boston College, MA, USA, 2011.

  N. Labhart, A. Zbinden, A. Schmeil and B. Hasler.

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• The ShanghAI Lectures: Connecting continents in cyberspace.

  In: Proceedings of the European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary, 2011.

  N. Labhart and B. Hasler. 

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• Social collaborative conferencing in the virtual world.

  In Proceedings of Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments (ReLIVE11), The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 2011.

  A. Schmeil, B. Hasler, S. de Freitas, A. Peachy and C. Nehmzow.

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• Intercultural collaborative learning in virtual worlds

  In R. Hinrichs & C. Wankel (Eds.), Transforming virtual world learning. Cutting-edge technologies in higher education. (Vol 4, pp. 271-310). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing, 2011.

  B. Hasler.

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2010

• Human-Computer interface issues in controlling virtual reality with brain-computer interface

  Human-Computer Interface (HCI) Journal, vol. 25, pp 67-93, 2010.

  D. Friedman, R. Leeb, G. Pfurtscheller, M. Slater.

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• Immersive Journalism: Immersive Virtual Reality for the First Person Experience of News

  Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Vol 19, No.4, pp 291-301, 2010.

  N. de la Pena, P. Weil, J. Llobera, E. Giannopoulos, A. Pomes, B. Spanlang, D. Friedman, M. V. Sanchez-Vives and M. Slater.

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• Exploring self-presence in collaborative virtual teams.

  PsychNology Journal, 8, pp 11-31, 2010.

  A. R. Ratan and B. Hasler.

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• Virtual embodied intelligence: Following the embodied-intelligence approach in online virtual worlds

  abstract in: Frontiers in Neuroscience, special issue from the Body Representation in Physical and Virtual Reality with Applications to Rehabilitation, Ascona, Switzerland, 2010.

  D. Friedman.
• A refined workflow for designing virtual worlds for collaborative learning

  In: Proceedings of VS Games 2010, Braga, Portugal, 2010.

  A. Schmeil, M. Steinbusch, A. Jost, M. Henn, M. Jacobi, M. Schwitalla and B. Hasler.
• Report on research and evaluation.

  In T. Buecheler, N. Labhart, B. Rowland (Eds.), The ShanghAI Lectures 2009: How to conduct a global technology-supported academic lecture. Final project report .Zurich: Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zurich, pp 61-81, 2010.

  B. Hasler

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2009

• Neurophysiology-based art in immersive virtual reality

  Int'l J. of Arts and Technology, Vol 2, No. 4, pp 331-347, 2009.

  D. Friedman, A. Donenfeld, E. Zafran.

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• Comparing group discussion in virtual and physical environments

  Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp 286-293, 2009.

  D. Friedman, Y. Karniel, A. Lavie-Dinur.

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• "Annotated Lectures": Student-instructor interaction in large-scale global education.

  Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol. 7 (5), 2009.

  B. Hasler, R. Pfeifer, A. Zbinden, P. Wyss, S. Zaugg, R. Dieh and B. Joho.

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• Asking Internet users to explain non-use in Kyrgyzstan.

  Professional Communication Conference, IPCC 2009, IEEE International, 2009.

  C. Driesbach, R. Walton, B. Kolko, A. Seidakmatova.

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• Collaborative work in 3D virtual environments: A research agenda and operational framework.

  In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, San Diego, CA, USA, 2009.

  B. Hasler,T. Buecheler and R. Pfeifer.

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• "The ShanghAI Lectures": Using virtual worlds for intercultural student collaboration.

  Demonstration at the ACM Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 2009.

  B. Hasler, V. Guerra, N. Labhart, A. Zbinden and R. Pfeifer.

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• Annotated Lectures: Student-instructor interaction in large-scale global education

  In: Proceedings of the 13th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Orlando, FL, USA, 2009.

  B. Hasler, R. Pfeifer, A. Zbinden, P. Wyss, S. Zaugg, R. Dieh and B. Joho.
• "Annotated Lectures": Student-instructor interaction in large-scale global education.

  Paper presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Academic Globalization, Orlando, FL, USA, 2009.

  B. Hasler, R. Pfeifer, A. Zbinden, P. Wyss, S. Zaugg, R. Dieh and B. Joho.
• Self-Presence standardized: Introducing the self-presence questionnaire (SPQ)

  In Proceedings of PRESENCE 2009, The 10th Annual International Workshop on Presence, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2009.

  A. R. Ratan and B. Hasler.

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• Collaborative work in 3D virtual environments: A research agenda and operational framework.

  In A. A. Ozok P. Zaphiris (Eds.), Online Communities, Lecture Notes in Computer Science , Berlin: Springer, Vol. 5621, pp 23-32, 2009.

  B. Hasler,T. Buecheler and R. Pfeifer.

2008

• Temporal and Spatial Variations in Presence: Qualitative Analysis of Interviews from an Experiment on Breaks in Presence

  Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp 293-309, 2008.

  M. Garau, D. Friedman, H. R. Widenfeld, A. Antley, A. Brogni.

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• Gendered avatars: When gender judgments influence performance ratings.

  Paper presented at the International Conference on Reality Shift in Media "When Media Environments Become Real", University of Bern, Switzerland, 2008.

  B. Hasler.

2007

• Navigating virtual reality by thought: What is it like?

  Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp 100-110, 2007.

  D. Friedman, R. Leeb, A. Antley, M. Garau, C. Guger, C. Keinrath, A. Steed, G. Pfurtscheller, and M. Slater.

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• Learner control, cognitive load and instructional animation.

  Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 21, pp 713-729, 2007

  B. Hasler, B. Kersten and J. Sweller.

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• Centrally controlled heart rate changes during mental practice in immersive virtual environment: A case study with a tetraplegic

  Intl. J. of Psychophysiology, Vol. 68, No, 1, pp 1-5, 2007.

  G. Pfurtscheller , R. Leeb, D. Friedman, and M. Slater.

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• Controlling virtual environments by thought

  Proc. HCI Int'l 2007 (LNCS), Beijing, China, 2007.

  C. Guger, R. Leeb, D. Friedman, V. Vinayagamoorthy, A. Antley, G. Edlinger, and M. Slater.

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• Research Bots in Second Life, Workshop on Simulation and Second Life

  in: Second Life, 2007.

  D. Friedman, A. Steed, M. Slater.

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• Controlling a virtual body by thought in a highly-immersive virtual environment

  in: Proc. of the Second International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. AS/IE, pp 83-90, 2007.

  D. Friedman, R. Leeb, L. Dikovsky, M. Reiner, G. Pfurtscheller, M. Slater.

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• Learner control and learners, confidence in instructional animation: Exploring the "false confidence" hypothesis.

  Paper presented at the 12th Biennial Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Budapest, Hungary, 2007.

  B. Hasler and B. Meier.
• realSTAT: A problem-based learning tool.

  Poster presented at the 10th Congress of the Swiss Society of Psychology, Zurich, Switzerland, 2007.

  B. Hasler, R. Hirsig, J. Aeppli, I. Sterzinger and P.
• Self-paced (asynchronous) BCI control of a wheelchair in Virtual Environments: A case study with a tetraplegic

  Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience Special issue - Brain-Computer Interfaces: Towards Practical Implementations and Potential Applications, doi:10.1155/2007/79642, 2007.

  R. Leeb, D. Friedman, G. Muller-Putz, R. Scherer, M. Slater, and G. Pfurtscheller.

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• Spatial social behavior in Second Life

  in: Proc. Intelligent Virtual Agents LNAI 4722, Pelachaud et al. (eds), Paris, France, pp 252—263 ,2007. (short-listed for best paper award).

  D. Friedman, A. Steed, and M. Slater.

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• SuperDreamCity: An immersive virtual reality experience that responds to electrodermal activity

  in: Proc. Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction LNCS 4738, Paiva, Prada, and Picard (eds.), Lisbon, Portugal, pp 570-581, 2007.

  D. Friedman, K. Suji, M. Slater.

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• Combining BCI and Virtual Reality: Scouting Virtual Worlds

  in: Towards Brain-Computer Interfacing, G. Dornhege, R. Millan Jdel, T. Hinterberger, D. J. McFarland, and K. R. M?ller, pp 393-407,  MIT Press, 2007.

  R. Leeb, R. Scherer, D. Friedman, F. Lee, C. Keinrath, H. Bischof, M. Slater, and G. Pfurtscheller.

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