Mel Slater

50.8k total citations · 22 hit papers
361 papers, 33.5k citations indexed

About

Mel Slater is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mel Slater has authored 361 papers receiving a total of 33.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 235 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 133 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 110 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mel Slater's work include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (217 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (55 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (40 papers). Mel Slater is often cited by papers focused on Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (217 papers), Action Observation and Synchronization (55 papers) and Tactile and Sensory Interactions (40 papers). Mel Slater collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Mel Slater's co-authors include María V. Sánchez-Vives, Anthony Steed, Martin Usoh, Sylvia Wilbur, Bernhard Spanlang, Konstantina Kilteni, Domna Banakou, Raphaela Groten, Antonella Maselli and Olaf Blanke and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Mel Slater

349 papers receiving 31.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Framework for Immersive Virtual Environments (FIVE): Speculations on the Role of Presence in Virtual Environments

1997 1.7k citations Mel Slater et al. profile →
Place illusion and plausibility can lead to realistic behaviour in immersive virtual environments

2009 1.5k citations Mel Slater profile →
From presence to consciousness through virtual reality

2005 1.2k citations María V. Sánchez-Vives, Mel Slater profile →
The Sense of Embodiment in Virtual Reality

2012 1.0k citations Konstantina Kilteni, Mel Slater et al. profile →
Enhancing Our Lives with Immersive Virtual Reality

2016 966 citations Mel Slater, María V. Sánchez-Vives profile →
Depth of Presence in Virtual Environments

1994 929 citations Mel Slater, Martin Usoh et al. profile →
Virtual reality in the assessment, understanding, and treatment of mental health disorders

2017 783 citations David M. Clark, Bernhard Spanlang et al. profile →
First Person Experience of Body Transfer in Virtual Reality

2010 733 citations Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang et al. PLoS ONE profile →
Walking > walking-in-place > flying, in virtual environments

1999 696 citations Martin Usoh, Anthony Steed et al. profile →
Using Presence Questionnaires in Reality

2000 687 citations Martin Usoh, Mel Slater et al. profile →
Putting yourself in the skin of a black avatar reduces implicit racial bias

2013 583 citations Mel Slater et al. profile →
Measuring Presence: A Response to the Witmer and Singer Presence Questionnaire

1999 572 citations Mel Slater profile →
Taking steps

1995 526 citations Mel Slater, Martin Usoh et al. profile →
Behavioral, Neural, and Computational Principles of Bodily Self-Consciousness

2015 490 citations Mel Slater et al. profile →
Illusory ownership of a virtual child body causes overestimation of object sizes and implicit attitude changes

2013 472 citations Domna Banakou, Mel Slater et al. profile →
Immersion and the illusion of presence in virtual reality

2018 452 citations Mel Slater profile →
The building blocks of the full body ownership illusion

2013 431 citations Mel Slater et al. profile →
Immersive Journalism: Immersive Virtual Reality for the First-Person Experience of News

2010 369 citations Bernhard Spanlang, Doron Friedman et al. profile →
Over my fake body: body ownership illusions for studying the multisensory basis of own-body perception

2015 357 citations Konstantina Kilteni, Mel Slater et al. profile →
Automated psychological therapy using immersive virtual reality for treatment of fear of heights: a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial

2018 244 citations Bernhard Spanlang, Mel Slater et al. profile →
The Ethics of Realism in Virtual and Augmented Reality

2020 237 citations Mel Slater et al. profile →
A Separate Reality: An Update on Place Illusion and Plausibility in Virtual Reality

2022 129 citations Mel Slater, Domna Banakou et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Self-conversation with a sporting celebrity enhances later physical exercise: an exploratory study 2025 ·Virtual Reality ·(unknown), Doron Friedman, (unknown), Bernhard Spanlang, Mel Slater	1
2	AI-Enhanced Virtual Reality Self-Talk for Psychological Counseling: Formative Qualitative Study 2025 ·JMIR Formative Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Ramon Oliva, S. Marshall Perry, Bernhard Spanlang, Anat Brunstein Klomek, Mel Slater, Doron Friedman	3
3	Multisensory experiences of affective touch in virtual reality enhance engagement, body ownership, pleasantness, and arousal modulation 2024 ·Virtual Reality ·(unknown), Domna Banakou, (unknown), (unknown), Mel Slater, Merle T. Fairhurst	2
4	Assessing the Clinical Efficacy of a Virtual Reality Tool for the Treatment of Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial 2024 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Dimitra Anastasiadou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang, (unknown), Andreea Ciudin, (unknown), Josep Antoni Ramos‐Quiroga, (unknown)	7
5	Sushi with Einstein 2023 ·(unknown), Ramon Oliva, Mel Slater, Doron Friedman	12
6	The Making of a Newspaper Interview in Virtual Reality: Realistic Avatars, Philosophy, and Sushi 2023 ·IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications ·Ramon Oliva, Alejandro Beacco, Jaime Gallego, (unknown), Mel Slater	5
7	The sentiment of a virtual rock concert 2022 ·Virtual Reality ·Mel Slater, (unknown), (unknown), Domna Banakou, Alejandro Beacco, Ramon Oliva, Jaime Gallego	18
8	3D objects reconstruction from frontal images: an example with guitars 2022 ·The Visual Computer ·Alejandro Beacco, Jaime Gallego, Mel Slater	3
9	An experimental study of a virtual reality counselling paradigm using embodied self-dialogue 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Mel Slater, Solène Neyret, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bernhard Spanlang, Guillem Feixas	77
10	First-Person Perspective Virtual Body Posture Influences Stress: A Virtual Reality Body Ownership Study 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Ilias Bergström, Konstantina Kilteni, Mel Slater	61
11	Extending Body Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Very Long Arm Illusion 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Konstantina Kilteni, Jean‐Marie Normand, María V. Sánchez-Vives, Mel Slater	321
12	Correlations between Vocal Input and Visual Response Apparently Enhance Presence in a Virtual Environment 2009 ·CyberPsychology & Behavior ·(unknown), Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mel Slater	6
13	An Experimental Study on Fear of Public Speaking Using a Virtual Environment 2006 ·CyberPsychology & Behavior ·Mel Slater, David-Paul Pertaub, Chris Barker, David M. Clark	173
14	Sharing and Analysing Presence Experiments Data 2005 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Doron Friedman, Andrea Brogni, Angus Antley, Christoph Guger, Mel Slater	2
15	Making the network visible to the user in virtual environments and online games 2003 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), Mel Slater, Jon Crowcroft	1
16	Social Anxiety in Virtual Environments: Results of a Pilot Study 2003 ·CyberPsychology & Behavior ·(unknown), Chien‐Yu Lin, Anthony Steed, David Swapp, Mel Slater	39
17	Considerations in the Design of Virtual Environment Systems: A Case Study 2003 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Manuel Oliveira, (unknown), Joel Jordan, Anthony Steed, Mel Slater	5
18	Presence Research and EEG 2002 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), Mel Slater, G. Pfurtscheller	19
19	Small group behaviour in a virtual and real environment 1998 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Mel Slater, Amela Sadagić, Martin Usoh, Ralph Schroeder	11
20	The Virtual Ante-Room: Assessing Presence through Expectation and Surprise 1998 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Mel Slater, Anthony Steed, James K. McCarthy, (unknown)	11

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