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Virtual reality for the rehabilitation and prevention of intimate partner violence – From brain to behavior: A narrative review

Rehabilitation and prevention strategies to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) have limited effectiveness in terms of improving key risk factors and reducing occurrence. Accumulated experimental evidence demonstrates that virtual embodiment, which results in the illusion of owning a virtual body...

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Autores principales: Johnston, Tania, Seinfeld, Sofia, Gonzalez-Liencres, Cristina, Barnes, Nicolas, Slater, Mel, Sanchez-Vives, Maria V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10278571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37342425
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.788608
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author Johnston, Tania
Seinfeld, Sofia
Gonzalez-Liencres, Cristina
Barnes, Nicolas
Slater, Mel
Sanchez-Vives, Maria V.
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Gonzalez-Liencres, Cristina
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description Rehabilitation and prevention strategies to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) have limited effectiveness in terms of improving key risk factors and reducing occurrence. Accumulated experimental evidence demonstrates that virtual embodiment, which results in the illusion of owning a virtual body, has a large impact on people’s emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses. This narrative review discusses work that has investigated how embodied perspective - taking in virtual reality has been used as a tool to reduce bias, to enhance recognition of the emotional state of another, and to reduce violent behaviors, in particular in the realm of IPV. Some of the potential neurological mechanisms behind these affective and behavioral changes are also discussed. The process of rehabilitation and prevention is complex and not always effective, but the integration of neuroscience-inspired and validated state-of-the-art technology into the rehabilitation process can make a positive contribution.
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spelling pubmed-102785712023-06-20 Virtual reality for the rehabilitation and prevention of intimate partner violence – From brain to behavior: A narrative review Johnston, Tania Seinfeld, Sofia Gonzalez-Liencres, Cristina Barnes, Nicolas Slater, Mel Sanchez-Vives, Maria V. Front Psychol Psychology Rehabilitation and prevention strategies to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) have limited effectiveness in terms of improving key risk factors and reducing occurrence. Accumulated experimental evidence demonstrates that virtual embodiment, which results in the illusion of owning a virtual body, has a large impact on people’s emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses. This narrative review discusses work that has investigated how embodied perspective - taking in virtual reality has been used as a tool to reduce bias, to enhance recognition of the emotional state of another, and to reduce violent behaviors, in particular in the realm of IPV. Some of the potential neurological mechanisms behind these affective and behavioral changes are also discussed. The process of rehabilitation and prevention is complex and not always effective, but the integration of neuroscience-inspired and validated state-of-the-art technology into the rehabilitation process can make a positive contribution. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10278571/ /pubmed/37342425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.788608 Text en Copyright © 2023 Johnston, Seinfeld, Gonzalez-Liencres, Barnes, Slater and Sanchez-Vives. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Barnes, Nicolas
Slater, Mel
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10278571/
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