Crisis ahead? Why human-robot interaction user studies may have replicability problems and directions for improvement

B Leichtmann, V Nitsch, M Mara - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There is a confidence crisis in many scientific disciplines, in particular disciplines
researching human behavior, as many effects of original experiments have not been …

Can simulated nature support mental health? Comparing short, single-doses of 360-degree nature videos in virtual reality with the outdoors

MHEM Browning, KJ Mimnaugh, CJ Van Riper… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nature exposure in virtual reality (VR) can provide emotional well-being benefits for people
who cannot access the outdoors. Little is known about how these simulated experiences …

Guidelines for immersive virtual reality in psychological research

M Vasser, J Aru - Current opinion in psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
Virtual reality (VR) holds immense promise as a research tool to deliver results that are
generalizable to the real world. However, the methodology used in different VR studies …

Understanding experiences in metaverse: how virtual nature impacts affect, pro-environmental attitudes, and intention to engage with physical nature

SHM Chan, L Qiu, T Xie - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
The metaverse which is constructed by virtual reality (VR) can afford immersive experiences
that are more vivid and attractive than those in the physical world. In this research, we focus …

Classroom complexity affects student teachers' behavior in a VR classroom

Y Huang, E Richter, T Kleickmann, A Wiepke… - Computers & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Student teachers often struggle to keep track of everything that is happening in the
classroom, and particularly to notice and respond when students cause disruptions. The …

Class size affects preservice teachers' physiological and psychological stress reactions: An experiment in a virtual reality classroom

Y Huang, E Richter, T Kleickmann, D Richter - Computers & education, 2022 - Elsevier
Teachers frequently express stress associated with teaching in large classrooms. Despite
the time-honored tradition in teacher stress research of treating class size as a job-related …

Vertical greenery buffers against stress: Evidence from psychophysiological responses in virtual reality

SHM Chan, L Qiu, G Esposito, KP Mai - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has been associated with decreased nature exposure (Cox et al., 2017,
Turner et al., 2004) and increased environmental stressors like traffic noise and pollution …

Virtual reality could help assess sexual aversion disorder

D Lafortune, S Dubé, V Lapointe… - The Journal of Sex …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Virtual reality (VR) may improve our understanding of sexual dysfunctions' manifestations,
although research in this area remains limited. This study assessed the potential use of a VR …

A review of CLT-based empirical research on climate change communication from 2010 to 2021

K Kim - Environmental Communication, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
One major challenge in communicating climate change to the public is the prevailing
perception of it as a psychologically distant and abstract issue, which often leads to a lack of …

Seasonal variations in psychophysiological stress recovery from street greenery: A virtual reality study on vegetation structures and configurations

C Da, Y Li, X Gao, X Zhang, Y Yang, H Ma… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The benefits of street greenery for well-being in urban development are widely recognized.
However, few studies have explored seasonal variations in the psychophysiological stress …