The Effect of Gender Body-Swap Illusions on Working Memory and Stereotype Threat

The underrepresentation of women in technical and STEM fields is a well-known problem, and stereotype threatening situations have been linked to the inability to recruit and retain women into these fields. Virtual reality enables the unique ability to perform body-swap illusions, and research has sh...

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Published in:	IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 1604 - 1612
Main Authors:	Peck, Tabitha C., Doan, My, Bourne, Kimberly A., Good, Jessica J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States IEEE 01.04.2018 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Atmospheric measurements Avatars body-swap illusions Computer Graphics Electronic mail Female Gender Gender aspects Human behavior Humans Illusions Impairment Male Memory Memory, Short-Term - physiology Particle measurements stereotype threat Stereotyping Threats virtual embodiment Virtual environments Virtual Reality Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy - methods Women working memory Young Adult
ISSN:	1077-2626, 1941-0506, 1941-0506
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