Study in to influence of virtual reality on nurturing compassion

We would like to invite you to take part in our research.

This study will look at whether virtual reality (VR) and mental imagery can be used to influence the experience of compassion. It will also assess whether visual perspective-taking ability is related to this process.

We are looking for participants who are between 18-50 years old and fluent in English.

If you decide to take part you will be asked to complete a series of questionnaires, attend a one off session at the UCL virtual reality lab, and then complete some follow up questionnaires. If you decide to take part please know that your information is kept in confidence, that your data will not be personally identifiable, and that you are free to withdraw at any time, without giving a reason.

You will be entered into a prize draw with the chance of winning up to £100 in Amazon vouchers. If you are a UCL undergraduate student you will also be able to gain course credits.

To find out if you are eligible to take part in this study please follow the link below to fill out some brief questionnaires:

https://opinio.ucl.ac.uk/s?s=28587

Participants should not be extremely susceptible to motion sickness, have epilepsy, a heart condition or have been treated for a mental illness and/or had brain damage.

This study has been approved by the Ethics Chair of the Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, Lorna Halliday, with project Id DSD.2013.010

If you have any question regarding this study, please contact us:

• Anneka Holden: anneka.holden@ucl.ac.uk
• Nicola Brown: n.alden.12@ucl.ac.uk