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 ,

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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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Roleplaying as simulation

Posted by JeremyMiles on 16 May 2007 at 04:38 GMT

There is a small history of research of this type, where environments are simulated, rather than created in reality. One example which used the Milgram paradigm was: Daniel M. Geller, "Involvement in Role-Playing Simulations: A Demonstration with Studies on Obedience," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 36 (1978): 219-35.

There were a few papers in this area in the 1970s, but then it sort of died down - and I think that questions were left unanswered. I'm pleased to see this sort of thing being done.

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