Publications by authors named "Kattia Cabas-Hoyos"
Article Synopsis
- A study looked at how being positive and believing in yourself can help young adults from Colombia and Italy get along better with their families.
- They surveyed over 3,000 people aged 18 to 40 to see how these traits affected family relationships based on different factors like gender and country.
- The results showed that being positive helped family dynamics more in men and Colombian people, and suggested that believing in yourself is important for healthy family interactions, regardless of gender or where you're from.
The illusion of presence influences VR distraction: effects on cold-pressor pain.
Stud Health Technol Inform
September 2010
This study investigated whether VR presence influences how effectively VR distraction reduces pain intensity during a cold-pressor experience. Thirty-seven healthy students underwent a cold pressor task while interacting with a VR distraction world. After the VR cold-pressor experience, each subject provided VAS ratings of the most intense pain experienced during the hand immersion and rated their illusion of having been inside the virtual world.
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