Using run-time biofeedback during virtual agent-based aggression de-escalation training

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Title:	Using run-time biofeedback during virtual agent-based aggression de-escalation training
Author(s):	Blankendaal, R.A.M.; Bosse, T.
Publication year:	2018
In:	Demazeau, Y.; An, B.; Bajo, J. (ed.), PAAMS 2018: Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Complexity: The PAAMS Collection, pp. 97-109
Publisher:	Cham : Springer International Publishing
ISBN:	9783319945804
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94580-4_8
Annotation:	16th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2018, Toledo, Spain, June 20–22, 2018
Publication type:	Article in monograph or in proceedings
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : http://hdl.handle.net/2066/194200
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Editor(s):	Demazeau, Y.; An, B.; Bajo, J.; Fernández-Caballero, A.
Subject:	Communication and Media
Organization:	SW OZ BSI CW
Book title:	Demazeau, Y.; An, B.; Bajo, J. (ed.), PAAMS 2018: Advances in Practical Applications of Agents, Multi-Agent Systems, and Complexity: The PAAMS Collection
Page start:	p. 97
Page end:	p. 109
Abstract:	This exploratory study discusses how biofeedback can be displayed and used in the context of virtual agent-based social skills training. Using Virtual Reality, a prototype of an aggression de-escalation training application has been developed. The application simulates an adaptive scenario in which the user interacts with a threatening virtual conversation partner. The stress level of the user, which is displayed at run-time, influences the development of the scenario. A pilot experiment is conducted to test the impact of the application on users’ subjective experience (measured through a questionnaire) and physiological response (measured through skin conductance). Although preliminary, the results seem to indicate that biofeedback potentially contributes to enhancing the user’s awareness of his/her own emotional state. Implications for the use of biofeedback within virtual training applications are discussed.
Languages used:	English (eng)