Learning Empathy Through Virtual Reality: Multiple Strategies for Training Empathy-Related Abilities Using Body Ownership Illusions in Embodied Virtual Reality

Learning Empathy Through Virtual Reality: Multiple Strategies for Training Empathy-Related Abilities Using Body Ownership Illusions in Embodied Virtual Reality

Several disciplines have investigated the interconnected empathic abilities behind the proverb “to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes” to determine how the presence, and absence, of empathy-related phenomena affect prosocial behavior and intergroup relations. Empathy enables us to learn from others...

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Main Authors: Philippe Bertrand, Jérôme Guegan, Léonore Robieux, Cade Andrew McCall, Franck Zenasni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Subjects:
embodied virtual reality
body ownership illusion
empathy-related
learning
training
prosocial behavior
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2018.00026/full

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