Research Symposium
24th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 3, 2024
Eden Cisneros She/Her Poster Session 4: 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm/168
BIO
I am currently in my third year studying Psychology with a minor in Child Development. I am from Crestview Florida and hope to get my master's degree in clinical psychology to become a therapist.
Influence of Familiarization With Immersive Virtual Reality on Prescence Over Time: A Pilot Study
Authors: Eden Cisneros, Dorota Kossowsk-KuhnStudent Major: Psychology
Mentor: Dorota Kossowsk-Kuhn
Mentor's Department: Department of Psychology Mentor's College: Arts and Sciences Co-Presenters: Tim Barbara, Ryan Wasserman
Abstract
The effectiveness of Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) across various domains such as medical interventions (Carl et al., 2018), social psychology (Barreda-Angeles & Hartmann, 2022), and cognitive training (Cohavi & Levy-Tzedek, 2022; Wais et al., 2021) is well-documented. Presence, or the "sense of being there," is a crucial element in the effectiveness of IVR (Weech et al., 2019; Gibbs et al., 2022). While IVR has been suggested to be a successful tool across an array of domains, it may be that presence enables these outcomes. This study investigates how presence in IVR, and the degree of mood change are affected by repeated exposure.
Keywords: Immersive Virtual Reality and Presence