Bernhard Spanlang

6.8k citations

51 papers · 4.4k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 21

Impact in

Human-Computer Interaction top 0.02%
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
Social Psychology top 0.5%
- Action Observation and Synchronization

Papers in ⓘ

Human-Computer Interaction 28
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts 28
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 9
- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques 9

Co-authors: Mel Slater (34 shared papers)María V. Sánchez-Vives (6 shared papers)Olaf Blanke (1 shared paper)Daniel Freeman (2 shared papers)Sarah Reeve (1 shared paper)Anke Ehlers (1 shared paper)David M. Clark (1 shared paper)Abigail Robinson (1 shared paper)
Journals: PLoS ONE (5 papers)PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality (4 papers)Scientific Reports (2 papers)Virtual Reality (2 papers)ACM Transactions on Graphics (2 papers)
Partner nations: Spain United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Spanlang

50 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Automated psychological therapy using immersive virtual reality for treatment of fear of heights: a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial 2018 · 244 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 The Lancet Psychiatry
2017 Psychological Medicine
2010 PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality
2010 PLoS ONE

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1	Virtual reality in the assessment, understanding, and treatment of mental health disorders Psychological Medicine ·Daniel Freeman, Sarah Reeve, Abigail Robinson, Anke Ehlers, David M. Clark, Bernhard Spanlang, Mel Slater Hit paper breakdown →	2017	783
2	First Person Experience of Body Transfer in Virtual Reality PLoS ONE ·Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang, María V. Sánchez-Vives, Olaf Blanke Hit paper breakdown →	2010	733
3	Immersive Journalism: Immersive Virtual Reality for the First-Person Experience of News PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality ·Nonny de la Peña, Peggy Weil, Joan Llobera, Bernhard Spanlang, Doron Friedman, María V. Sánchez-Vives, Mel Slater Hit paper breakdown →	2010	369
4	Virtual Hand Illusion Induced by Visuomotor Correlations PLoS ONE ·María V. Sánchez-Vives, Bernhard Spanlang, Antonio Frisoli, Massimo Bergamasco, Mel Slater	2010	338
5	Automated psychological therapy using immersive virtual reality for treatment of fear of heights: a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial The Lancet Psychiatry ·Daniel Freeman, Polly Haselton, Jason Freeman, Bernhard Spanlang, Sameer Kishore, Emily Albery, Megan Denne, Poppy Brown, Mel Slater, Alecia Nickless Hit paper breakdown →	2018	244
6	Multisensory Stimulation Can Induce an Illusion of Larger Belly Size in Immersive Virtual Reality PLoS ONE ·Jean‐Marie Normand, Elias Giannopoulos, Bernhard Spanlang, Mel Slater	2011	199
7	How to Build an Embodiment Lab: Achieving Body Representation Illusions in Virtual Reality Frontiers in Robotics and AI ·Bernhard Spanlang, Jean‐Marie Normand, David Borland, Konstantina Kilteni, Elias Giannopoulos, AusiÃ s PomÃ©s, Mar González-Franco, Daniel Pérez-Marcos, Jorge Arroyo-Palacios, Xavi Navarro Muncunill, Mel Slater	2014	190
8	The contribution of real-time mirror reflections of motor actions on virtual body ownership in an immersive virtual environment Mar González-Franco, Daniel Pérez-Marcos, Bernhard Spanlang, Mel Slater	2010	180
9	Visual Realism Enhances Realistic Response in an Immersive Virtual Environment - Part 2 IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications ·Insu Yu, Jesper Mortensen, Pritee Khanna, Bernhard Spanlang, Mel Slater	2012	161
10	Simulating virtual environments within virtual environments as the basis for a psychophysics of presence ACM Transactions on Graphics ·Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang, David Corominas	2010	154
11	Conversations between self and self as Sigmund Freud—A virtual body ownership paradigm for self counselling Scientific Reports ·Sofia Adelaide Osimo, Rodrigo Pizarro, Bernhard Spanlang, Mel Slater	2015	149
12	Virtual race transformation reverses racial in-group bias PLoS ONE ·Béatrice S. Hasler, Bernhard Spanlang, Mel Slater	2017	129
13	The Rocketbox Library and the Utility of Freely Available Rigged Avatars Frontiers in Virtual Reality ·Mar González-Franco, Eyal Ofek, Ye Pan, Angus Antley, Anthony Steed, Bernhard Spanlang, Antonella Maselli, Domna Banakou, Nuria Pelechano, Sergio Orts‐Escolano, Verónica Orvalho, Laura Trutoiu, Markus Wojcik, María V. Sánchez-Vives, Jeremy N. Bailenson, Mel Slater, Jaron Lanier	2020	123
14	Proxemics with multiple dynamic characters in an immersive virtual environment ACM Transactions on Applied Perception ·Joan Llobera, Bernhard Spanlang, Giulio Ruffini, Mel Slater	2010	122
15	Fast Cloth Animation on Walking Avatars Computer Graphics Forum ·Tzvetomir Vassilev, Bernhard Spanlang, Yiorgos Chrysanthou	2001	108
16	An experimental study of a virtual reality counselling paradigm using embodied self-dialogue Scientific Reports ·Mel Slater, Solène Neyret, Tania Johnston, Guillermo Iruretagoyena, Mercè Álvarez de la Campa Crespo, Miquel Alabèrnia-Segura, Bernhard Spanlang, Guillem Feixas	2019	77
17	Comparing and Evaluating Real Time Character Engines for Virtual Environments PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality ·Marco Gillies, Bernhard Spanlang	2010	54
18	Simulating virtual environments within virtual environments as the basis for a psychophysics of presence Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang, David Corominas	2010	29
19	Agency and responsibility over virtual movements controlled through different paradigms of brain−computer interface The Journal of Physiology ·Birgit Nierula, Bernhard Spanlang, Matteo Martini, Mireia Borrell, Vadim V. Nikulin, María V. Sánchez-Vives	2019	27
20	Real time whole body motion mapping for avatars and robots Bernhard Spanlang, Xavi Navarro, Jean‐Marie Normand, Sameer Kishore, Rodrigo Pizarro, Mel Slater	2013	23

About Bernhard Spanlang

Bernhard Spanlang is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Media Technology, having authored 51 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (28 papers), Human Motion and Animation (13 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (9 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (9 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (8 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (6 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (5 papers) and Human Pose and Action Recognition (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human-Computer Interaction (3.0k citations), Social Psychology (1.5k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (1.4k citations), Applied Psychology (351 citations) and Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (139 citations). Bernhard Spanlang has collaborated with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Mel Slater, María V. Sánchez-Vives, Olaf Blanke, Daniel Freeman, Sarah Reeve, Anke Ehlers, David M. Clark, Abigail Robinson, Joan Llobera and Jean‐Marie Normand. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality, Scientific Reports, Virtual Reality and ACM Transactions on Graphics.

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