The impact of virtual reality meditation on college students’ exam performance

• Published in: Smart learning environments Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 21 - 15
• Main Authors: Kaplan-Rakowski, Regina, Johnson, Karen R., Wojdynski, Tomasz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 16.10.2021; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Anxiety; Attention; College Curriculum; College Students; Colleges & universities; Computer Simulation; Computers; Computers and Education; Creative Thinking; Depression (Psychology); Education; Educational Change; Educational Facilities Improvement; Educational Practices; Educational Technology; Electronic Learning; Empirical analysis; Influence of Technology; Literature Reviews; Meditation; Mental Health; Metacognition; Mindfulness; Music; Outcomes of Treatment; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Relaxation Training; Scores; Short Term Memory; Students; Test Anxiety; Test Theory; Tests; Video Technology; Virtual reality; Visual Stimuli; Well Being; Young Children; Anxiety; Well-being; Meditation; Mindfulness; Exam; Virtual reality

Advocates of meditation claim that it can improve various aspects of life, including health, attention, thinking, and learning. The purpose of this empirical, quantitative, between-subject study was twofold. First, it compared the effectiveness of meditation delivered through virtual reality versus...