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Hey, Erminia--nice to see Suler getting a plug! His work on cyberspatial psychology seems the best around (to me, anyway), and I learned a lot from _The Psychology of Cyberspace_ (Suler's participant-observer study of the MUD known as "The Palace"). Thanks--Candice > For those interested in the subject of "Transference" > among people online, please follow the link: > > http://transference.bizland.com/suler.htm > > to read Professor John Suler's essay on > the psychology of cyberspace > > Essay > "Transference Among People Online" (in: The Psychology of Cyberspace) > > The psychoanalytic concept of "transference" is especially important for > understanding online relationships. Because the experience of the other > person often is limited to text, there is a tendency for the user to > project a variety of wishes, fantasies, and fears onto the ambiguous figure > at the other end of cyberspace. (....) > http://transference.bizland.com/suler.htm > > You can contact the author at: [log in to unmask] > > Erminia (http://transference.bizland.com )