Increasing presence via a more immersive VR system increases virtual reality analgesia and draws more attention into virtual reality in a randomized crossover study

Increasing presence via a more immersive VR system increases virtual reality analgesia and draws more attention into virtual reality in a randomized crossover study

IntroductionResearchers frequently speculate that Immersive Virtual Reality (VR) diminishes pain by reducing how much attention is available to process nociceptive signals, but attention has rarely been measured in VR analgesia studies.MethodsThe current study measured how much attention VR uses. Us...

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Main Authors: Hunter G. Hoffman, Clayton C. Seibel, Lyla Coron, Laura E. Simons, Sydney Drever, Sylvie Le May, Keira P. Mason, Herta Flor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Virtual Reality
Subjects:
virtual reality
pain
distraction
analgesia
non-pharmacologic
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2024.1452486/full

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