creators_name: Carassa, Antonella
creators_name: Morganti, Francesca
creators_name: Tirassa, Maurizio
editors_name: Bara, Bruno G.
editors_name: Barsalou, Lawrence
editors_name: Bucciarelli, Monica
type: confpaper
datestamp: 2006-10-09
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:39
metadata_visibility: show
title: A situated cognition perspective on presence

ispublished: pub
subjects: neuro-psy
subjects: appl-cog-psy
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: phil-mind
subjects: neuro-physio
subjects: comp-sci-hci
subjects: soc-psy
subjects: phil-epist
full_text_status: public
keywords: Situated cognition; presence; virtual reality; affordance;  action; artifacts™c
abstract: During interaction with computer-based 3-D simulations like virtual reality, users may experience a sense of involvement called presence. Presence is commonly defined as the subjective feeling of "being there". We discuss the state of the art in this inno vative research area and introduce a situated cognition perspective on presence. We argue that presence depends on the proper integration of aspects relevant to an agent's movement and perception, to her actions, and to her conception of the overall situ a tion in which she finds herself, as well as on how these aspects mesh with the possibilities for action afforded in the interaction with the artifact. We also aim at showing that studies of presence offer a test-bed for different theories of situated co gnition.›
date: 2005
date_type: published
publisher: Erlbaum
pagerange: 384-389
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Carassa, Antonella and Morganti, Francesca and Tirassa, Maurizio  (2005) A situated cognition perspective on presence.  [Conference Paper]     
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