The theory of immersive collaborative learning (TICOL)

G Makransky, GB Petersen - Educational Psychology Review, 2023 - Springer
The need to virtually collaborate across distributed locations has drastically increased.
Developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and new IT platforms like the metaverse …

A human-centric metaverse enabled by brain-computer interface: A survey

HY Zhu, NQ Hieu, DT Hoang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growing interest in the Metaverse has generated momentum for members of academia
and industry to innovate toward realizing the Metaverse world. The Metaverse is a unique …

Virtual reality exposure to a healthy weight body is a promising adjunct treatment for Anorexia nervosa

SC Behrens, J Tesch, PJB Sun, S Starke… - Psychotherapy and …, 2023 - karger.com
Abstract Introduction/Objective: Treatment results of anorexia nervosa (AN) are modest, with
fear of weight gain being a strong predictor of treatment outcome and relapse. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Embodying nature in immersive virtual reality: Are multisensory stimuli vital to affect nature connectedness and pro-environmental behaviour?

P Spangenberger, SC Freytag, SM Geiger - Computers & Education, 2024 - Elsevier
One discussion in the context of education for sustainable development centres on the
importance of cognitive as well as affective processes for promoting pro-environmental …

“If It's Not Me It Doesn't Make a Difference”-The Impact of Avatar Personalization on user Experience and Body Awareness in Virtual Reality

N Döllinger, M Beck, E Wolf, D Mal… - … on Mixed and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Body awareness is relevant for the efficacy of psychotherapy. However, previous work on
virtual reality (VR) and avatar-assisted therapy has often overlooked it. We investigated the …

Body ownership and kinaesthetic illusions: Dissociated bodily experiences for distinct levels of body consciousness?

L Dupraz, J Bourgin, L Pia, J Barra… - Consciousness and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Seeing an embodied humanoid avatar move its arms can induce in the observer the illusion
that its own (static) arms are moving accordingly, the kinematic signals emanating from this …

Virtual Body Swapping: A VR-Based Approach to Embodied Third-Person Self-Processing in Mind-Body Therapy

N Döllinger, D Mal, S Keppler, E Wolf… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Virtual reality (VR) offers various opportunities for innovative therapeutic approaches,
especially regarding self-related mind-body interventions. We introduce a VR body swap …

Embodiment illusions and eating disorders: snapshot of implications for research and interventions

J Portingale, I Krug, D Butler - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2024 - cell.com
In recent years, researchers have increasingly used the embodiment illusion paradigm in
subclinical and clinical eating disorder (ED) populations. This has important implications for …

Developmental changes of bodily self-consciousness in adolescent girls

L Raoul, C Goulon, F Sarlegna, MH Grosbras - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The body and the self change markedly during adolescence, but how does bodily self-
consciousness, the pre-reflexive experience of being a bodily subject, change? We …

“If It's Not Me It Doesn't Make a Difference”-The Impact of Avatar Personalization on user Experience and Body Awareness in Virtual Reality

N Dollinger, M Beck, E Wolf, D Mal, M Botsch… - … Symposium on Mixed …, 2023 - computer.org
Body awareness is relevant for the efficacy of psychotherapy. However, previous work on
virtual reality (VR) and avatar-assisted therapy has often overlooked it. We investigated the …