Peer-to-peer: The Social Transmission of Symptoms Online.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social learning can be highly adaptive-for example, avoiding a hotplate your friend just burnt themselves on-but it has also been implicated in symptom transmission. Social learning is particularly pertinent given the rapid increase in the use of online mediums for social interaction. Yet, little is known about the social transmission of symptoms online or social chains extending further than a single model-observer interaction.

Purpose

To explore whether socially induced symptoms could be propagated through a three-generation social transmission chain in an online setting.

Methods

We explored the social transmission of cybersickness following a virtual reality (VR) experience through online webcam interactions. One hundred and seventy-seven adults viewed a

SUBMITTER: Tan W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10312298 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature