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avatar
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graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character
Research
3,459 papers- Avatar- and self-related processes and problematic gaming: A systematic review.Addictive behaviors · 2020
- Perspective Taking and Avatar-Self Merging.Frontiers in psychology · 2022
- Avatar: Personalized Precision Radio-Genomic Theranostic Oncology.Cancer biotherapy & radiopharmaceuticals · 2025
- Digital AVATAR therapy for distressing voices in psychosis: the phase 2/3 AVATAR2 trial.Nature medicine · 2024
- Aortic valve replacement vs. conservative treatment in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: long-term follow-up of the AVATAR trial.European heart journal · 2024
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Article
An avatar in the virtual world Second Life A Twitter post, with the user's profile picture
In computing, an avatar is a graphical representation of a user, the user's character, or persona. Avatars can be two-dimensional icons in Internet forums and other online communities, where they are also known as profile pictures (pfp), userpics, or formerly picons (personal icons, or possibly "picture icons"). Alternatively, an avatar can take the form of a three-dimensional model, as used in online worlds and video games, or an imaginary character with no graphical appearance, as in text-based games or worlds such as MUDs.