The Cyberbias: Do Perceptions of People's Behavior Differ in Cyberspace? Gerald Mendelsohn, Joanie Connell, Richard Robins This research examined perceptions of causes of interpersonal behavior in three communication conditions: face-to-face, telephone, and computer-mediated (a computer chat session). In each condition, participants engaged in a series of getting acquainted conversations with three different partners. After each interaction, they rated the importance of 4 causal factors in influencing their behavior and that of their partner -- personality, mood, partner, and situation. The telephone and computer chat provide less rich media and consequently the perceptual salience of self and other shift on the phone and in cyberspace. Thus, perceptions of behavior for self and conversation partner were hypothesized to differ. The results show that, in cyberspace, people seemed to be more aware of their own actions and how they impacted the behavior of others. The results were mixed for the telephone, sometimes mirroring face-to-face and sometimes cyberspace. Explanations for these findings will be explored, along with more generalizable psychological theories of person perception.