NCT07183839

The Effect of Immersive VR Distraction on Memory: Study 2

Immersive Virtual Reality Induces Procedural Analgesia, Anxiolysis and Anterograde Amnesia:A Randomized Controlled Study 2

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study measures how many words people can recall. Some words are studied/heard/learned while in immersive Virtual Reality, and some are studied/heard/learned while in a plausible control distraction.

Detailed description

In this Study (n=20), participants recalled word lists during a plausible semi-immersive control condition (passive Apple Vision Pro see-through mode) versus during interactive immersive VR. Participants also later received brief heat pain stimuli during No VR versus immersive VR and provided pain and anxiety and distraction ratings on 0-10 graphic rating scales.

Conditions

• Virtual Reality Amnesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Immersive Virtual Reality	While wearing an immersive VR helmet, participants grabbed virtual objects andd put them into a bowl of virtual water, while memorizing a list of words from the real world.
BEHAVIORAL	Plausible control condition	Participant passively viewed the laboratory room they saw while wearing Apple Vision Pro goggles, while memorizing a list of words read to them from the real world.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-31
• Primary completion: 2025-02-11
• Completion: 2025-02-11
• First posted: 2025-09-19
• Last updated: 2025-09-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States