Embodiment Feeling in a Mental Illness Avatar on Stigma Context in Virtual Reality

• Project/Area Number: 24K15026
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 61020:Human interface and interaction-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: 河田 人美 東京大学, 大学院情報学環・学際情報学府, 助教 (30824081)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-04-01 – 2027-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
• Keywords: Embodiment / IVR / fMRI / visuomotor / synchronization

Outline of Research at the Start

The effect of visuomotor synchronization during the IVR anti-stigma mental illness experience will be investigate. Participants will undergo two types of mental illness experience (i.e., IVR and video), with pre- and post-fMRI. After the post-fMRI, embodiment and stigma measures will be complete.