A Virtual Reprise of the Stanley Milgram Obedience Experiments

Mel Slater; Angus Antley; Adam Davison; David Swapp; Christoph Guger; Chris Barker; Nancy Pistrang; Maria V. Sanchez-Vives

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000039

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A Virtual Reprise of the Stanley Milgram Obedience Experiments

Mel Slater ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: melslater@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Institució Catalana de la Recerca i Estudis Avançats ‐ Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Virtual Reality Centre of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Angus Antley,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Adam Davison,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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David Swapp,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Christoph Guger,

Affiliation Guger Technologies OEG, Schiedlberg, Austria
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Chris Barker,

Affiliation SubDepartment of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Nancy Pistrang,

Affiliation SubDepartment of Clinical Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Maria V. Sanchez-Vives

Affiliation Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernandez - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus de San Juan, San Juan de Alicante, Spain
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A Virtual Reprise of the Stanley Milgram Obedience Experiments

Mel Slater,
Angus Antley,
Adam Davison,
David Swapp,
Christoph Guger,
Chris Barker,
Nancy Pistrang,
Maria V. Sanchez-Vives

Published: December 20, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000039

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Posted by emmalouise99 on 02 Aug 2007 at 08:29 GMT

This article demonstrates the impact of the ability to see a "person" - even when that person is known to be virtual - on the behaviour of experimental subjects. Such an impact appears to have important ramifications for how we will interact with virtual and embodied intelligent systems as they become more prevalent.

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