University of Amsterdam. Forensic Child and Youth Care Sciences, Utrecht University, Child and Adolescent Studies (2025)
Virtual Triggers Real Reactions – Using VR To Assess Youth Violence.
GGZ WNB, Fivoor, Tilburg University Tranzo, Tilburg University Methodology & Statistics, Tilburg University Developmental, Clinical & Forensic Psychology (2025)
This study looked at how people with antisocial behavior understand themselves and others (mentalizing). Using interviews, emotion recognition tasks, and Virtual Reality, researchers found that many participants had trouble recognizing emotions, showed less emotional response, and often struggled to trust others. Some also tended to interpret social situations as hostile, which increased anger and threat perception. The research highlights that not all individuals with antisocial behavior think and react the same way, suggesting that therapy should be better tailored to their specific mentalizing profiles.
Department of Diagnostics, Research, and Education, Pompestichting Forensic Psychiatry, Nijmegen; Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht (2025)
This pilot study tested whether Virtual Reality can be used to measure aggressive behavior in a realistic and controlled way. Both patients and students reacted more aggressively in provocative VR scenes than in neutral ones, showing that VR can reliably trigger and assess aggression. The findings suggest that VR offers a valuable new tool for aggression assessment, bridging the gap between traditional questionnaires and real-life behavior, and paving the way for more precise clinical applications.
Deze VR-training is gericht op het bevorderen van sociale vaardigheden bij mensen met autisme. Omdat zij vaak moeite hebben met het oppikken en inzetten van communicatieve signalen, werd deze behandeling ontwikkeld en getest op haalbaarheid en effectiviteit.
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