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Empathy and Virtual Reality (VR)

NCT07314788 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2026-04-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will characterize the subjective and physiological changes associated with empathy following a fear-inducing virtual reality (VR) experience.

Conditions

  • Virtual Reality
  • Fear

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Fear-inducing Virtual Reality (VR) experience

Participants will complete a single virtual reality (VR) exposure involving a fear-inducing scenario (e.g., walking a plank above a high-rise building or canyon).

BEHAVIORAL

Neutral Virtual Reality (VR) experience

Participants will complete a single virtual reality (VR) exposure involving a fear-inducing scenario (e.g., walking to the edge of a curb at street level).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Miami

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Britton, Ph.D. · University of Miami

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-15
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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