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在虚拟现实中,不可思议的山谷效应和免疫激活
Esther K Diekhof1, Svenja Kastner2, Donna Deinert3,2
1Department of Biology, Neuroendocrinology and Human Biology Unit, Institute for Animal Cell- and Systems Biology, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. esther.diekhof@uni-hamburg.de.
Scientific reports
|August 19, 2025
概括
虚拟现实中的神秘山谷效应触发了类似于真实病原体威胁的免疫反应. 不寻常的虚拟药物增加了唾液免疫球蛋白A (sIgA) 水平,这表明一种进化的防御机制对感知感染.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 人与计算机的交互
背景情况:
- 不寻常的山谷描述了观察者对几乎类似人类的虚拟代理的不适.
- 病原体避开假设将这种不适与进化的病原体避开机制联系起来.
- 目前尚不清楚神奇的药物是否会引起粘膜免疫反应,特别是当避免是不可能时.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究神秘山谷效应与粘膜免疫反应之间的关系.
- 在遇到不同的虚拟药物时,比较唾液免疫球蛋白A (sIgA) 水平的变化.
- 为了确定虚拟现实存在是否影响这种免疫反应.
主要方法:
- 开发了三组虚拟代理:卡通,怪异和现实.
- 参与者从事社交虚拟现实 (VR) 任务,需要近距离接触.
- 在VR相互作用之前和之后测量了唾液免疫球蛋白A (sIgA) 水平的变化.
主要成果:
- 不寻常的虚拟代理人,尽管比卡通代理人更像人,但显著增加了SIGA的释放.
- 这种免疫反应与虚拟现实环境中的存在和参与程度有关.
- 对焦虑或怪异的有意识评估与增加的sIgA没有相关性.
结论:
- 在VR中对奇怪的感知可以自动触发粘膜免疫反应,类似于真实的传染威胁.
- 这表明感知系统中存在错误管理偏差,优先考虑潜在传染线索的错误阳性.
- 虚拟现实存在对于通过不可思议的药物激活这些免疫反应至关重要.
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