Research shows that VR can help reduce fear of death
According to a recently published study, scientists are using VR headsets to create in vitro experiences that can help reduce the fear of death. Mel Slater, one of the research authors, introduced:
“My lab has been changing someone’s body in VR for years to influence their attitudes, perceptions, behaviors, and perceptions. For example, placing whites in black virtual bodies can reduce their hidden racial biases. Putting adults in children's bodies will change their self-recognition and self-identity.
This time we want to see what impact it will have on the body after creating a strong sense of belonging in the virtual body and then letting people out of the body to simulate an in vitro experience. According to the literature, the in vitro experience is usually related to changes in the attitude towards death, so we wanted to see if this phenomenon would occur in the virtual in vitro experience. â€
The study used the Oculus Rift headline and a VR simulation experience called "all-body attribution hallucinations." Participants first entered a virtual human body. Once the illusion of "this body is itself," the perspective would change from the first person to the third person. Create an experience that is similar to disengaging the body.
So far, the study only tried simulations on 32 women, of whom 16 experienced ex vivo events and 16 were control subjects (not experiencing this phenomenon).
At the end of the study, participants in the experimental group showed less death anxiety, but the researchers acknowledged that the study was still in its early stages. Although there are limitations in VR simulation, it can help to overcome fears and even fear of death, and it is not unexpected. After all, many other disciplines are also studying VR for this purpose.
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