title: The development of a haptic virtual reality environment to study body image and affect.
abstract: We report the results of a preliminary study testing the effect of participants' mood rating on visual motor performance using a haptic device to manipulate a cartoonish human body. Our results suggest that moods involving high arousal (e.g. happiness) produce larger movements whereas mood involving low arousal (e.g. sadness) produce slower speed of performance. Our results are used for the development of a new haptic virtual reality application that we briefly present here. This application is intended to create a more interactive and motivational environment to treat body image issues and for emotional communication.
authors.affiliation: Laurentian University, Canada.
authors.forename: Line
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tremblay
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouchard
authors.forename: Brahim
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chebbi
authors.forename: Lai
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Johana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Monthuy-Blanc
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boulanger
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect / Q000502:physiology*; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000379:methods* / Q000502:physiology*; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult