The development of a haptic virtual reality environment to study body image and affect

We report the results of a preliminary study testing the effect of participants' mood rating on visual motor performance using a haptic device to manipulate a cartoonish human body. Our results suggest that moods involving high arousal (e.g. happiness) produce larger movements whereas mood invo...

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Published inStudies in health technology and informatics Vol. 191; p. 80
Main Authors Tremblay, Line, Bouchard, Stephane, Chebbi, Brahim, Wei, Lai, Monthuy-Blanc, Johana, Boulanger, Dominic
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 2013
Subjects
Affect - physiology
Biofeedback, Psychology - methods
Biofeedback, Psychology - physiology
Body Image - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Touch - physiology
User-Computer Interface
Young Adult
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Summary:We report the results of a preliminary study testing the effect of participants' mood rating on visual motor performance using a haptic device to manipulate a cartoonish human body. Our results suggest that moods involving high arousal (e.g. happiness) produce larger movements whereas mood involving low arousal (e.g. sadness) produce slower speed of performance. Our results are used for the development of a new haptic virtual reality application that we briefly present here. This application is intended to create a more interactive and motivational environment to treat body image issues and for emotional communication.
ISSN:0926-9630
DOI:10.3233/978-1-61499-282-0-80