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Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 25-01-2016
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 27-07-2015
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 20-10-2016
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 22-11-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-02-2018
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 27-02-2019
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc
Date: 02-2019
Abstract: Self-disclosure is an essential component of social communication that has been associated with trust, liking, and ultimately strong relationships. As technology continues to develop, so do the number of methods to create and maintain relationships. While speaking face-to-face (FtF) remains the primary way to communicate, computer-mediated communication has become more common, meaning that research into self-disclosure has expanded to new domains, including virtual reality (VR). This study compared self-disclosure between three conversation contexts: FtF, online text-based (OTB) communication, or VR. Zero-contact dyads comprised female university students who completed 20-minute conversations guided by one of two discussion prompts: the closeness-generating or small talk procedure. These prompts were designed to either increase or not increase self-disclosure. These conversations were recorded and coded for the frequency of total, factual, cognitive, and emotional self-disclosures as objective measures. Participants' perceptions of personal and partner's self-disclosures were also assessed by questionnaires as perceived measures. FtF and VR conditions exceeded OTB communication in perceived and objective measures of self-disclosure. Although no significant differences emerged between FtF and VR conditions for factual or perceived self-disclosure, participants in the FtF condition had more total, cognitive, and emotional self-disclosures than VR conditions. Implications for communication and teletherapy are discussed. The present study offers preliminary evidence that VR could potentially rival FtF as a communication medium and be as effective in facilitating self-disclosure. Findings offer a starting point for research on social applications of VR.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.1016/J.GAITPOST.2017.10.019
Abstract: Dizziness and imbalance are very common complaints in clinical practice. One of the challenges is to evaluate the 'real' risk of falls. Two tools are available: the patient's self-report and the measure of the patient's balance. We evaluated the relationship between these methods using the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) and measures of balance while visual inputs are perturbed with Virtual Reality (VR). 90 consecutive patients underwent the DHI questionnaire and the balance test. The DHI questionnaire was used to measure the subject's perception of handicap associated with dizziness. The balance test measured the postural sway in several visual conditions: eyes open, eyes closed, and with an unpredictable visual perturbation using VR at several litudes of movement. No correlation was found between the DHI score and the balance measurement. The visual perturbations allow us to characterize patients into three groups: one group with a high DHI score who did not fall on the balance test (5.5%), one group with a low DHI score who failed eyes closed on a compliant surface (9.0%), and one group of the remaining patients (85.5%). The correlation between the DHI score and the balance performance became significant on the remaining group of patients. Both subjective self-report and objective measure are important to characterize a patient. The use of VR visual perturbations allowed us to define three important groups of patients. VR visual perturbations provided additional information that helps explain the lack of correlation between DHI and objective test results.
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 05-07-2018
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 19-08-2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-06-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2017
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 20-01-2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2011
DOI: 10.1016/J.CLINPH.2011.01.006
Abstract: This study compared the results of ocular and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) tests for healthy subjects with those for patients suffering from vestibular diseases to try to determine the clinical usefulness of combined ocular and cervical STB VEMP testing. Thirty-two healthy volunteers and 74 patients with unilateral vestibular dysfunction underwent tests for ocular and cervical VEMPs induced by AC 100 dB nHL 500 Hz STB combined with caloric and audiometric tests. In healthy subjects, the mean P13-N23 peak-to-peak litude of cervical VEMPs was much larger than the mean n1-p1 peak-to-peak litude of ocular VEMPs. In patients, cervical and ocular VEMPs may be dissociated. The peak-to-peak litude of both cervical and ocular tests was abnormally in most of patients suffering from vestibular lesions. No correlations were found between VEMPs, the degree of hearing loss and/or of horizontal canalar paresis. Ocular and cervical VEMPs provide complementary information about saccular and utricular otolithic function. Testing of ocular and cervical VEMPs allows the crossed vestibulo-ocular reflex and ipsilateral sacculo-collic reflex to be determined. These tests can help describe vestibular lesions and assess the effects of treatment and should therefore be used clinically.
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