The Efficacy of a Virtual Reality-Based Mindfulness Intervention

05/22/2021
by   Caglar Yildirim, et al.
0

Mindfulness can be defined as increased awareness of and sustained attentiveness to the present moment. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the applications of mindfulness for empirical research in wellbeing and the use of virtual reality (VR) environments and 3D interfaces as a conduit for mindfulness training. Accordingly, the current experiment investigated whether a brief VR-based mindfulness intervention could induce a greater level of state mindfulness, when compared to an audio-based intervention and control group. Results indicated two mindfulness interventions, VR-based and audio-based, induced a greater state of mindfulness, compared to the control group. Participants in the VR-based mindfulness intervention group reported a greater state of mindfulness than those in the guided audio group, indicating the immersive mindfulness intervention was more robust. Collectively, these results provide empirical support for the efficaciousness of a brief VR-based mindfulness intervention in inducing a robust state of mindfulness in laboratory settings.

READ FULL TEXT
research
11/21/2019

A brief chronology of Virtual Reality

In this article, we are going to review a brief history of the field of ...
research
04/27/2020

Facial Electromyography-based Adaptive Virtual Reality Gaming for Cognitive Training

As life expectancy rises, age-related diseases causing dementia become m...
research
08/18/2022

Evaluation of Postural Muscle Synergies during a Complex Motor Task in a Virtual Reality Environment

In this study, we investigate how the central nervous system (CNS) organ...
research
03/14/2018

Can Autism be Catered with Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Intervention Technology? A Literature Review

This article presents an extensive literature review of technology based...
research
08/23/2022

VRBubble: Enhancing Peripheral Awareness of Avatars for People with Visual Impairments in Social Virtual Reality

Social Virtual Reality (VR) is growing for remote socialization and coll...
research
08/15/2022

Computational Empathy Counteracts the Negative Effects of Anger on Creative Problem Solving

How does empathy influence creative problem solving? We introduce a comp...

Please sign up or login with your details

Forgot password? Click here to reset