Watch what I do, not what I say I do: Computer-based avatars to assess behavioral inhibition, a vulnerability factor for anxiety disorders

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Highlights:

• The trait of behavioral inhibition (BI) can confer risk for anxiety disorders.

• Here, we developed a simple behavioral task to probe BI.

• Subjects guided an avatar through onscreen scenarios involving social interaction.

• Task performance correlated strongly with BI score assessed via questionnaire.

• Virtual environments may offer a useful format for personality assessment.

摘要

•The trait of behavioral inhibition (BI) can confer risk for anxiety disorders.•Here, we developed a simple behavioral task to probe BI.•Subjects guided an avatar through onscreen scenarios involving social interaction.•Task performance correlated strongly with BI score assessed via questionnaire.•Virtual environments may offer a useful format for personality assessment.

论文关键词:Computer-based assessment,Personality assessment tools,Virtual environments,Anxiety,Behavioral inhibition

论文评审过程:Received 27 May 2015, Revised 24 July 2015, Accepted 26 July 2015, Available online 13 November 2015, Version of Record 13 November 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.067