Psychological and physiological responses to stressful situations in immersive virtual reality: Differences between users who practice mindfulness meditation and controls

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Highlights：

• We exposed participants to stressful immersive virtual environments (IVEs).

• One group of users followed an 8-week mindfulness-oriented meditation course (MOM).

• The other group of users was a control group not involved in meditation.

• MOM participants showed higher mindfulness and lower anxiety than controls.

• MOM also led to decreases in heart rate and corrugator muscle activity in IVEs.

摘要

•We exposed participants to stressful immersive virtual environments (IVEs).•One group of users followed an 8-week mindfulness-oriented meditation course (MOM).•The other group of users was a control group not involved in meditation.•MOM participants showed higher mindfulness and lower anxiety than controls.•MOM also led to decreases in heart rate and corrugator muscle activity in IVEs.

论文关键词：Virtual reality,Mindfulness meditation,Anxiety,Physiological measures,Heart rate,Muscle activity

论文评审过程：Received 30 July 2015, Revised 12 January 2016, Accepted 9 February 2016, Available online 18 February 2016, Version of Record 18 February 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.031