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Bouchard, S., St-Jacques, J., Robillard, G., & Renaud, P. (2008). Anxiety increases the feeling of presence in virtual reality. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 17(4), 376–391. Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (09/03/2018, 12:27) Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (14/08/2020, 15:36) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1162/pres.17.4.376 ID no. (ISBN etc.): 1054-7460 BibTeX citation key: Bouchard2008 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emotion, Immersion, Presence, Self-presence Creators: Bouchard, Renaud, Robillard, St-Jacques Publisher: MIT Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Collection: Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments |
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"Given previous studies indicating a significant correlation between anxiety and presence, the purpose of this investigation was to explore the direction of the causal relationship between them. The sample consisted of 31 adults suffering from snake phobia. The study featured a randomized within-between design with two conditions and three counterbalanced immersions: (a) a baseline control immersion (BASELINE), (b) an immersion in a threatening and anxiety-inducing environment (ANX), and (c) an immersion in a nonthreatening environment that should not induce anxiety (NOANX). In the NOANX environment, participants were immersed for 5 min in a virtual Egyptian desert. They were told that the environment was safe and contained no snakes. The ANX immersion was identical, except that participants were led to believe that a multitude of hidden and dangerous snakes were lurking in the environment. A period of distraction (reading a text on relaxation) separated the ANX and NOANX immersions. Experimenters recorded presence and anxiety in the middle of and after each VR immersion. These brief measures of presence supported our hypothesis and were significantly higher in the anxious immersion than in the baseline or the nonanxious immersion. This finding was not corroborated by the presence questionnaire, where scores varied significantly in the opposite direction. The results from the brief one-item measures of presence support the significant contribution of emotions felt during the immersion on the subjective feeling of presence. The mixed results with the presence questionnaire are discussed, along with psychological factors potentially involved in presence."
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p.388
Not only external factors but also "psychological states and appraisal patterns of users might also affect presence."
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Keywords: Emotion Immersion Presence Fear |
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p.387
Suggest that there is a limit to the linear equation between increasing sophistication of immersive technology/level of realism and development of presence.
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Keywords: Emotion Immersion Presence Realism |