Virtual humans appear to influence ethical decisions in gender-specific ways

Friday, May 14, 2010 - 08:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Virtual humans are increasingly taking on roles that were once reserved for real humans. A study by researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis explores how appearance, motion quality and other characteristics of computer-generated characters may impact the moral and ethical decisions of their viewers...

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