Using virtual environments to study health related decisions: early results using a new effort task.

This project investigates the viability of using virtual world environments for controlled laboratory investigations of health preferences and behaviours. We will observe whether participants exhibit a willingness to pay to avoid a reduction in their mobility in the virtual world. The key ai...

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Main Authors: Thomas, Stephanie, Xie, Feng, Buckley, Neil, Cameron, David, Cuff, Katherine, Feeny, David, Hurley, Jeremiah, Mestelman, Stuart
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77352
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author Thomas, Stephanie
Xie, Feng
Buckley, Neil
Cameron, David
Cuff, Katherine
Feeny, David
Hurley, Jeremiah
Mestelman, Stuart
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Xie, Feng
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Cameron, David
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description This project investigates the viability of using virtual world environments for controlled laboratory investigations of health preferences and behaviours. We will observe whether participants exhibit a willingness to pay to avoid a reduction in their mobility in the virtual world. The key aim is to understand if a virtual world can provide sufficient context to prompt participants to make health related decisions and to learn more about the use of such environments.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-773522020-04-24T03:03:18Z Using virtual environments to study health related decisions: early results using a new effort task. Thomas, Stephanie Xie, Feng Buckley, Neil Cameron, David Cuff, Katherine Feeny, David Hurley, Jeremiah Mestelman, Stuart This project investigates the viability of using virtual world environments for controlled laboratory investigations of health preferences and behaviours. We will observe whether participants exhibit a willingness to pay to avoid a reduction in their mobility in the virtual world. The key aim is to understand if a virtual world can provide sufficient context to prompt participants to make health related decisions and to learn more about the use of such environments. 2019 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77352 restricted
spellingShingle Thomas, Stephanie
Xie, Feng
Buckley, Neil
Cameron, David
Cuff, Katherine
Feeny, David
Hurley, Jeremiah
Mestelman, Stuart
Using virtual environments to study health related decisions: early results using a new effort task.
title Using virtual environments to study health related decisions: early results using a new effort task.
title_full Using virtual environments to study health related decisions: early results using a new effort task.
title_fullStr Using virtual environments to study health related decisions: early results using a new effort task.
title_full_unstemmed Using virtual environments to study health related decisions: early results using a new effort task.
title_short Using virtual environments to study health related decisions: early results using a new effort task.
title_sort using virtual environments to study health related decisions: early results using a new effort task.
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77352