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The Effects of Social Proneness and Avatar Primes on Prosocial Behavior in Virtual and Real Worlds

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  1. Institute of Learning Sciences and Technologies, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Yu-chen Hsu

  2. Information Management Center, New Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan

    Siao-wei Huang

  3. Qisda Corporation, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Hsuan-de Huang

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  1. University of Crete and Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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  2. Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Margherita Antona

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Hsu, Yc., Huang, Sw., Huang, Hd. (2021). The Effects of Social Proneness and Avatar Primes on Prosocial Behavior in Virtual and Real Worlds. In: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M., Ntoa, S. (eds) HCI International 2021 - Late Breaking Posters. HCII 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1498. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90176-9_41

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