Vibratory-interoceptive stimuli to enhance empathy

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2024
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Kitajima, Tatsuya
Okamoto, Shogo
Kosuge, Yuki
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The Eurographics Association
Abstract
Vibration stimuli applied to the upper body, designed to stimulate interoception, can intensify emotional responses when watching videos or music. This study explores whether such stimuli can also enhance empathy. In the experiment, vibratory stimuli were delivered to individual participants while an experimenter exhibited emotional reactions. Nine participants observed a game scene, with vibratory stimulation triggered by the actor's emotional reactions in one condition and absent in another. Results showed that vibration increased empathy and excitement levels.
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CCS Concepts: Human-centered computing → Haptic devices

        
@inproceedings{
10.2312:egve.20241396
,
booktitle = {
ICAT-EGVE 2024 - International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments - Posters and Demos
},
editor = {
Tanabe, Takeshi
 and 
Yem, Vibol
},
title = {{
Vibratory-interoceptive stimuli to enhance empathy
}},
author = {
Kitajima, Tatsuya
 and 
Okamoto, Shogo
 and 
Kosuge, Yuki
},
year = {
2024
},
publisher = {
The Eurographics Association
},
ISSN = {
1727-530X
},
ISBN = {
978-3-03868-246-2
},
DOI = {
10.2312/egve.20241396
}
}
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https://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20241396
 https://diglib.eg.org/handle/10.2312/egve20241396
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ICAT-EGVE2024 - Posters and Demos