Assessing Mental Rotation Ability in a Virtual Environment with an Oculus Rift

Foroughi, Cyrus K.; Wren, W. Chris; Barragán, Daniela; Mead, Patrick; Boehm‐Davis, Deborah A.

doi:10.1177/1541931215591399

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“…With regard to the current study, it is possible that individual differences in preferring to interact with an agent (i.e., human or robot), may have caused people to recruit brain regions differently for HGFs versus RGFs, with the consequence that participants who activated prefrontal areas during gaze following already at baseline benefitted more from tDCS stimulation. This interpretation is in line with previous studies that have shown individual differences to influence the efficacy of tDCS (Blumberg et al, 2014;Bullard et al, 2011;Foroughi, Wren, Barragán, Mead, & Boehm-Davis, 2015;Krause & Cohen Kadosh, 2014;Stephens, Jones, & Berryhill, 2017).…”

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Effect of brain stimulation on mechanisms of social cognition is modulated by individual preferences for human versus robot agents

Abubshait

Wiese

2019

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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When we interact with others, we use nonverbal behavior such as changes in gaze direction to make inferences about what people think or what they want to do next – a process called mentalizing. Previous studies have shown that how we react to others’ gaze signals depends on how much “mind” we ascribe to the gazer, and that this process of mind perception is related to activation in brain areas that process social information (i.e., social brain). Although brain stimulation studies have identified prefrontal structures like the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) as the potential neural substrate through which mind perception modulates social-cognitive processes like attentional orienting to gaze cues (i.e., gaze following), little is known about whether and how individual differences in preferences for human versus robot agents modulate this relationship. To address this question, the current study examines how transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of left prefrontal versus left temporo-parietal areas affects attentional orienting to gaze signals as a function of the participants’ preferences for human ( Human Gaze Followers, HGF) versus robot ( Robot Gaze Followers; RGF) agents at baseline (prior to brain stimulation). Results show that prefrontal (but not temporo-parietal) stimulation positively affected attentional orienting to gaze signals for HGFs for the human but not the robot gazer; RGFs showed no effect of brain stimulation in neither of the stimulation conditions. These findings inform how preferences for human versus nonhuman agent types can influence subsequent interactions and communications in human-robot interaction.

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Effect of brain stimulation on mechanisms of social cognition is modulated by individual preferences for human versus robot agents

Abubshait

Wiese

2019

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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“…Experiments ranged from intervals of a couple of minutes [69] to 20 minutes or more [42]. Experiments also ranged in the duration of breaks between exposure; some studies reported breaks that lasted a couple of minutes or 10 minutes [60], while others did not report the duration of their break times at all [25]. While differences in exposure time and breaks may be necessary depending on the study design, these examples show that there is too much variation to assess the direct effects on cybersickness results.…”

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You’re Making Me Sick

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Harley

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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While multiple studies suggest that female-identified participants are more likely to experience cybersickness in virtual reality (VR), our systematic review of 71 eligible VR publications (59 studies and 12 surveys) pertaining to gender and cybersickness reveals a number of confounding factors in study design (e.g., a variety of technical specifications, tasks, content), a lack of demographic data, and a bias in participant recruitment. Our review shows an ongoing need within VR research to more consistently include and report on women's experiences in VR to better understand the gendered possibility of cybersickness. Based on the gaps identified in our systematic review, we contribute study design recommendations for future work, arguing that gender considerations are necessary at every stage of VR study design, even when the study is not 'about' gender. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → HCI design and evaluation methods; Virtual reality; • Social and professional topics → Gender.

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Can 3-Dimensional Visualization Enhance Mental Rotation (MR) Ability?: A Systematic Review

Piri

Çağıltay

2023

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

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Assessing Mental Rotation Ability in a Virtual Environment with an Oculus Rift

Cited by 4 publications

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Effect of brain stimulation on mechanisms of social cognition is modulated by individual preferences for human versus robot agents

Effect of brain stimulation on mechanisms of social cognition is modulated by individual preferences for human versus robot agents

You’re Making Me Sick

Can 3-Dimensional Visualization Enhance Mental Rotation (MR) Ability?: A Systematic Review

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