EEG Analysis of the Construction of Empathy Towards People with Schizophrenia, After Exposure to Virtual Reality Environments

3 pages•Published: February 16, 2023

André Marques, Paulo Veloso Gomes, Catarina Sá, Antonio Marques and Javier Pereira

Abstract

Schizophrenia is considered a complex syndrome, with multifactorial neurodevelopmental alterations. Empathy is a complex fundamental component of human emotional experience, which influences one's emotions and behavior. On the Electroencephalogram, an activation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is characterized by a decrease in alpha activity. The main objective of this work is to understand if the immersive tools of Virtual Reality influence the electrical activity of the brain and the heart. The two immersive tools were able to increase empathy, mainly by altering prefrontal brain activity as well as heart rate.

Keyphrases: asymmetry, eeg, empathy, schizophrenia, valence theory, virtual reality

In: Alvaro Leitao and Lucía Ramos (editors). Proceedings of V XoveTIC Conference. XoveTIC 2022, vol 14, pages 1-3.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/3BRF
	https://doi.org/10.29007/hv93

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{XoveTIC2022:EEG_Analysis_Construction_Empathy,
  author    = {André Marques and Paulo Veloso Gomes and Catarina Sá and Antonio Marques and Javier Pereira},
  title     = {EEG Analysis of the Construction of Empathy Towards People with Schizophrenia, After Exposure to Virtual Reality Environments},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of V XoveTIC Conference. XoveTIC 2022},
  editor    = {Alvaro Leitao and Lucía Ramos},
  series    = {Kalpa Publications in Computing},
  volume    = {14},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2515-1762},
  url       = {/publications/paper/3BRF},
  doi       = {10.29007/hv93},
  pages     = {1-3},
  year      = {2023}}

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