Public speaking training in front of a supportive audience in Virtual Reality improves performance in real-life.

ABSTRACT: Public speaking is a challenging task that requires practice. Virtual Reality allows to present realistic public speaking scenarios in this regard, however, the role of the virtual audience during practice remains unknown. In the present study, 73 participants completed a Virtual Reality practice session while audience was manipulated to be supportive or unsupportive or presentations were practiced without audience. Importantly, following the virtual practice, participants held the presentation during a real university course via Zoom. We measured emotional experience, self-efficacy, and the subjective evaluation of performance at baseline, after VR practice, and after the real presentation. Additionally, participants' performance in the real presentation was evaluated by instructors (blin

SUBMITTER: Kroczek LOH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10460391 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature