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The role of presence in healthcare technology applications

  • Paul Donald Skalski

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Abstract

This chapter addresses the role of presence or "the perceptual illusion of nonmediation" [26] in user responses to technologies for healthcare, with particular attention to intelligent decision support systems (IDSS). It begins by defining presence and reviewing relevant research on presence-related responses to agents, virtual reality systems, and other technologies. It then discusses the implications of presence to researchers and health practitioners with an interest in IDSS, including a series of recommendations. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStudies in Computational Intelligence
EditorsSheryl Brahnam
Place of Publicationdeu
PublisherSpringer-Verlag
Pages189-200
Number of pages12
Volume326
ISBN (Print)9783642160943
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 4 2010

Publication series

NameStudies in Computational Intelligence
Volume326
ISSN (Print)1860949X

Keywords

  • agents
  • new media technologies
  • Presence
  • telepresence
  • virtual reality

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