虚拟角色的社会支持减少了疼痛感知
I Neumann1, M Andreatta1,2, P Pauli1,3
1Department of Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Psychotherapy, Institute of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
European journal of pain (London, England)
|December 13, 2023
概括
虚拟现实 (VR) 中的虚拟社会支持有效地减少了疼痛感知. 一个更像人类的虚拟角色增强了疼痛缓解,而对角色的感知控制并不影响其有效性.
科学领域:
- 疼痛管理 疼痛管理
- 虚拟现实技术 虚拟现实技术
- 人与计算机的交互
背景情况:
- 心理社会因素,如社会支持,可以减轻疼痛.
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 是一种被公认的减轻疼痛的工具,但它的社会维度仍未得到充分研究.
- 虚拟社会支持和角色代理对疼痛感知的影响需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 调查虚拟社会支持在沉浸式VR环境中减轻疼痛的有效性.
- 检查社交线索的数量和虚拟角色的感知机构如何影响疼痛感知.
- 探索虚拟角色在社会疼痛调节中的作用.
主要方法:
- 97名健康参与者在四个VR条件下接受了热痛刺激:低调虚拟角色支持,高调虚拟角色支持,中立词语和沉默.
- 通过告知参与者,虚拟角色由另一个参与者或计算机控制来操纵感知代理.
- 收集了疼痛评级,心理生理学数据 (皮电活动,心率) 和存在评级.
主要成果:
- 虚拟社会支持显著降低了疼痛强度和不愉快度等级.
- 一个具有更多社交线索 (类似人类) 的虚拟角色导致了较低的疼痛不愉快和更高的存在感.
- 虚拟角色的感知机构没有显著影响疼痛感知,社交支持也没有影响皮肤活动或心率.
结论:
- 提供社会支持的虚拟角色可以减轻痛苦,无论被认为是什么机构.
- 虚拟角色的更人性化外观放大了对疼痛和不愉快的止痛效应.
- 研究结果支持在疼痛管理的数字健康干预中使用虚拟角色.
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