Measuring Attention During Immersive Virtual Reality Distraction

Launched by HUNTER HOFFMAN · Sep 23, 2024

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Healthy college student volunteers will participate in a repeated measure within subject trial studying attention using a divided attention paradigm.

One group of participants (16 healthy volunteers) will perform a simple attention demanding task during No VR for 2 minutes and they will perform the attention demanding task again during High Tech VR for 2 minutes.

Another group of 20 healthy volunteers will perform a simple attention demanding task during a less immersive see through VR (a plausible control condition) for 2 minutes and they will also perform the attention demanding task ag...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Currently enrolled in a course at the University of Washington Psychology Dept., participating in the University of Washington (UW) Psychology subject pool
• • Able to read, write and comprehend English
• • Able to complete study measures
• • Willing to follow our UW approved instructions
• • 18 years of age or older
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • People who have already previously participated in this same study (e.g., last quarter) are not eligible to participate again.
• • Not enrolled in a course at the University of Washington Psychology Dept., not participating in the UW Psychology subject pool
• • Not be able to read, write and comprehend English
• • Younger than 18 years of age.
• • Not capable of completing measures
• • Not capable of indicating pain intensity,
• • Not capable of filling out study measures,
• • Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness,
• • Seizure history,
• • Unusual sensitivity or lack of sensitivity to pain,
• • Sensitive skin,
• • Sensitive feet
• • Migraines
• • Diabetes