Using physiological data to evaluate anxiety responses during different behavioural avoidance tests
Publication date
2025-02-26
Document type
Konferenzbeitrag
Author
Organisational unit
Conference
2025 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and eXtended and Virtual Reality (AIxVR) ; Lisbon, Portugal ; January 27-29, 2025
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society
Book title
2025 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and eXtended and Virtual Reality (AIxVR 2025) : 27-29 January 2025 Lisbon, Portugal : proceedings
First page
198
Last page
202
Peer-reviewed
✅
Part of the university bibliography
✅
Language
English
Keyword
In vivo
Anxiety disorder
Psychology
Physiology
Artificial intelligence
Virtual reality
Abstract
Specific phobias, such as spider phobia, are a widespread condition, that can negatively impact the quality of life of affected people. Phobias are typically characterised by avoidance behaviour, which can be measured using a behavioural avoidance test (BAT). While behavioural avoidance tests are traditionally performed using a real stimulus (e.g., a spider), virtual reality has also gained popularity in the field of psychology. This offers a more accessible and affordable alternative to traditional diagnostic methods. Our work focuses on a comparison of BATs in vivo and in virtuo, and considering two different approach modalities, by analysing the physiological responses of participants. This study aims to investigate whether these responses during in virtuo BATs are comparable to those observed during in vivo BATs, and whether the modality influences the outcome. In this work, we present our study involving 25 participants and an initial look at the data collected.
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