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The Effect of Immersive VR Distraction on Memory: Study 2

NCT07183839 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-09-24

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Summary

This study measures how many words people can recall. Some words are studied/heard/learned while in immersive Virtual Reality, and some are studied/heard/learned while in a plausible control distraction.

Conditions

  • Virtual Reality Amnesia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Immersive Virtual Reality

While wearing an immersive VR helmet, participants grabbed virtual objects andd put them into a bowl of virtual water, while memorizing a list of words from the real world.

BEHAVIORAL

Plausible control condition

Participant passively viewed the laboratory room they saw while wearing Apple Vision Pro goggles, while memorizing a list of words read to them from the real world.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Hunter Hoffman, PhD · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-05-31
Primary Completion
2025-02-11
Completion
2025-02-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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