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Breathing Biofeedback for Police Officers in a Stressful Virtual Environment: Challenges and Opportunities

Authors :
Jan C. Brammer
Jacobien M. van Peer
Abele Michela
Marieke M. J. W. van Rooij
Robert Oostenveld
Floris Klumpers
Wendy Dorrestijn
Isabela Granic
Karin Roelofs
Source :
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Frontiers Media S.A., 2021.

Abstract

As part of the Dutch national science program “Professional Games for Professional Skills” we developed a stress-exposure biofeedback training in virtual reality (VR) for the Dutch police. We aim to reduce the acute negative impact of stress on performance, as well as long-term consequences for mental health by facilitating physiological stress regulation during a demanding decision task. Conventional biofeedback applications mainly train physiological regulation at rest. This might limit the transfer of the regulation skills to stressful situations. In contrast, we provide the user with the opportunity to practice breathing regulation while they carry out a complex task in VR. This setting poses challenges from a technical – (real-time processing of noisy biosignals) as well as from a user-experience perspective (multi-tasking). We illustrate how we approach these challenges in our training and hope to contribute a useful reference for researchers and developers in academia or industry who are interested in using biosignals to control elements in a dynamic virtual environment.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
16641078
Volume :
12
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Frontiers in Psychology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5d81b8c05ec54cf880bbc6d53ee4e6ac
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.586553