NCT07314788

Empathy and Virtual Reality (VR)

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Miami · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will characterize the subjective and physiological changes associated with empathy following a fear-inducing virtual reality (VR) experience.

Conditions

• Virtual Reality
• Fear

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Fear-inducing Virtual Reality (VR) experience	Participants will complete a single virtual reality (VR) exposure involving a fear-inducing scenario (e.g., walking a plank above a high-rise building or canyon).
BEHAVIORAL	Neutral Virtual Reality (VR) experience	Participants will complete a single virtual reality (VR) exposure involving a fear-inducing scenario (e.g., walking to the edge of a curb at street level).

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-04-15
• Primary completion: 2027-05-31
• Completion: 2027-05-31
• First posted: 2026-01-02
• Last updated: 2026-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States