A virtual reality platform for the measurement of drinking topography.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The assessment of alcohol consumption during a drinking bout, known as drinking topography, may help improve understanding of biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying alcohol consumption. However, past studies have been limited by effort-intensive, time-consuming, and error-prone processes involved in collecting, organizing, and standardizing drinking topography data. Recent technologies allowing integrated data collection and greater environmental control, such as virtual reality (VR), could resolve these problems.

Methods

In this pilot project, we assessed alcohol consumption topography of participants in a VR drinking environment with a programmable virtual confederate (i.e., bar goer) during two testing sessions. In one, the confederate drank quickly (30-60 s sip

SUBMITTER: Schneider VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9358601 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature