Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction: Editors’ Introduction to Interacting with Presence 1
4. 1 Extending the Self through the Tools and the Others: a General Framework for Presence and Social Presence in Mediated Interactions 9
5. 2 Altered, Expanded and Distributed Embodiment: the Three Stages of Interactive Presence 32
6. 3 Measuring Presence in the Simulating Brain 46
7. 4 A Framework for Interactivity and Presence in Novel Bodies 57
8. 5 Presence and Hyperpresence: Implications for Community Awareness 70
9. 6 Measuring Social Presence in Team-Based Digital Games 83
10. 7 Recreating Leisure: How Immersive Environments Can Promote Wellbeing 102
11. 8 Therapeutic Presence in Mediated Psychotherapy: the Uncanny Stranger in the Room 123
12. 9 Coping with Stress and Anxiety: the Role of Presence in Technology Mediated Environments 139
13. 10 Does Gender Matter? Exploring Experiences of Physical and Social Presence in Men and Women 152
14. 11 The Experience of Presence in Persuasive Virtual Environments 164
15. Bios 179
16. Index 186