A visit with Viv: Empathising with a digital human character embodying the lived experiences of dementia

Papadopoulos, Christopher, Kenning, Gail, Bennett, Jill, Kuchelmeister, Volker, Ginnivan, Natasha, and Neidorf, Melissa (2021) A visit with Viv: Empathising with a digital human character embodying the lived experiences of dementia. Dementia, 20 (7). pp. 2462-2477.

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DOI: 10.1177/1471301221998888

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Abstract

The Visit, an immersive participatory artwork (viewed on a screen or virtual reality headset), was produced as part of a research programme investigating the subjective experience of dementia and the relational dynamic between people with dementia and others. It invites viewers to engage with a digital human character, ‘Viv’, as she shares her experiences of living with dementia. The experiences that Viv recounts are based on verbatim accounts from in-depth interviews with four women living with dementia. The artwork was designed with the combined aim of generating insights into the lived experience of dementia and establishing conditions under which viewers might cultivate empathy for the character portrayed. Viewers engaging with Viv were invited to complete pre- and post-engagement measures of state empathy alongside an assessment of emotional distance. State empathy was significantly greater after engaging with The Visit, and correspondingly, there was a significant decrease in emotional distance (aversion), suggesting that the aims were met.


Item ID:	77257
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1741-2684
Copyright Information:	© The Author(s) 2021.
Funders:	Australian Research Council (ARC)
Projects and Grants:	ARC FL170100131
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2023 03:36
FoR Codes:	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology > 520401 Cognition @ 50% 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5201 Applied and developmental psychology > 520106 Psychology of ageing @ 25% 36 CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING > 3605 Screen and digital media > 360504 Interactive media @ 25%
SEO Codes:	28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology @ 100%
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