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[Social psychology is] an attempt to understand and explain how the thought, feeling, and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual imagined, or implied presence of others. Gordon Allport, 1954 [1]
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Blascovich, J. (2002). Social Influence within Immersive Virtual Environments. In: Schroeder, R. (eds) The Social Life of Avatars. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0277-9_8
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