TY - GEN
T1 - Using run-time biofeedback during virtual agent-based aggression de-escalation training
AU - Blankendaal, Romy A.M.
AU - Bosse, Tibor
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This exploratory study discusses how biofeedback can be displayed and used in the context of virtual agent-based social skills training. Using Virtual Reality, a prototype of an aggression de-escalation training application has been developed. The application simulates an adaptive scenario in which the user interacts with a threatening virtual conversation partner. The stress level of the user, which is displayed at run-time, influences the development of the scenario. A pilot experiment is conducted to test the impact of the application on users’ subjective experience (measured through a questionnaire) and physiological response (measured through skin conductance). Although preliminary, the results seem to indicate that biofeedback potentially contributes to enhancing the user’s awareness of his/her own emotional state. Implications for the use of biofeedback within virtual training applications are discussed.
AB - This exploratory study discusses how biofeedback can be displayed and used in the context of virtual agent-based social skills training. Using Virtual Reality, a prototype of an aggression de-escalation training application has been developed. The application simulates an adaptive scenario in which the user interacts with a threatening virtual conversation partner. The stress level of the user, which is displayed at run-time, influences the development of the scenario. A pilot experiment is conducted to test the impact of the application on users’ subjective experience (measured through a questionnaire) and physiological response (measured through skin conductance). Although preliminary, the results seem to indicate that biofeedback potentially contributes to enhancing the user’s awareness of his/her own emotional state. Implications for the use of biofeedback within virtual training applications are discussed.
KW - Biofeedback
KW - Human-agent interaction
KW - Skin conductance
KW - Stress
KW - Virtual reality training
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-94580-4_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-94580-4_8
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85049366651
SN - 9783319945798
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 97
EP - 109
BT - Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Complexity
PB - Springer/Verlag
T2 - 16th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2018
Y2 - 20 June 2018 through 22 June 2018
ER -