| Author(s) |
Schutte, Nicola
Stilinovic, Emma
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| Publication Date |
2017
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| Abstract |
This research experimentally investigated whether virtual reality experience can prompt greater empathy and whether greater engagement with a virtual reality connects this virtual reality experience to empathy. Randomly assigned participants viewed a documentary featuring a young girl living in a refugee camp either in a virtual reality format or in a control two-dimensional format. Results indicated that the virtual reality experience resulted in greater engagement and a higher level of empathy for the refugee girl compared to the control condition. Greater engagement was a process connecting the virtual reality experience to empathy. Virtual reality has the potential to influence interpersonal emotions such as empathy.
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| Citation |
Motivation and Emotion, 41(6), p. 708-712
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| ISSN |
1573-6644
0146-7239
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| Link | |
| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
Springer New York LLC
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| Title |
Facilitating empathy through virtual reality
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| Type of document |
Journal Article
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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