Combining Virtual Reality and Biofeedback to Foster Empathic Abilities in Humans

Felix Schoeller^{1

2}, Philippe Bertrand^{3

4

5}, Lynda Joy Gerry^{6

7}, Abhinandan Jain⁸, Adam Haar Horowitz⁸, Franck Zenasni⁴

Affiliations

¹ Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
² U1001, Institut National de la santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.
³ VR Frontiers Lab (CRI Labs), Institut Innovant de Formation par la Recherche, USPC, Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires, Paris, France.
⁴ Laboratoire de Psychologie et d'Ergonomie Appliquées (UMR), Université Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut de Psychologie, Paris, France.
⁵ BeAnotherLab Research, BeAnotherLab Association, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Multisensory Experience Lab, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁷ Enactive Virtuality Lab, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia.
⁸ Fluid Interfaces Group, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, United States.

Felix Schoeller et al. Front Psychol. 2019.

. 2019 Feb 5:9:2741.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02741. eCollection 2018.

Felix Schoeller^{1

2}, Philippe Bertrand^{3

4

5}, Lynda Joy Gerry^{6

7}, Abhinandan Jain⁸, Adam Haar Horowitz⁸, Franck Zenasni⁴

¹ Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
² U1001, Institut National de la santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France.
³ VR Frontiers Lab (CRI Labs), Institut Innovant de Formation par la Recherche, USPC, Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires, Paris, France.
⁴ Laboratoire de Psychologie et d'Ergonomie Appliquées (UMR), Université Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut de Psychologie, Paris, France.
⁵ BeAnotherLab Research, BeAnotherLab Association, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Multisensory Experience Lab, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁷ Enactive Virtuality Lab, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia.
⁸ Fluid Interfaces Group, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: aesthetic chills; altruism; biofeedback; compassion; emotion-regulation; empathy; psychogenic shivers; technology.

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