Alexandra Kitson

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LuciEntry: Towards Understanding the Design of Lucid Dream Induction

Lucid dreaming, a state in which people become aware that they are dreaming, is known for its many mental and physical health benefits. However, most lucid dream induction techniques, such as reality testing, require significant time and effort to master, creating a barrier for people seeking these experiences. We…

DIS '252nd AuthorSocial & Collaborative VR +2

ELLMA-T: an Embodied LLM-agent for Supporting English Language Learning in Social VR

Many people struggle with learning a new language, with traditional tools falling short in providing contextualized learning tailored to each learner's needs. The recent development of large language models (LLMs) and embodied conversational agents (ECAs) in social virtual reality (VR) provides new opportunities to pr…

CHI '241st AuthorMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities

Supporting Cognitive Reappraisal With Digital Technology: A Content Analysis and Scoping Review of Challenges, Interventions, and Future Directions

Cognitive reappraisal (CR) is a critical emotion regulation skill that is strongly associated with mental well-being outcomes. While CR has been well theorized psychologically and many therapeutic approaches exist, CR remains one of the toughest skills to learn and develop. We explore the design space of using technol…

CHI '241st AuthorVR Medical Training & Rehabilitation +1

''I Call Upon a Friend'': Virtual Reality-Based Supports for Cognitive Reappraisal Identified through Co-designing with Adolescents

Virtual reality (VR) offers great promise to expand delivery models for therapeutic interventions to help adolescents develop adaptive emotion regulation skills. Cognitive reappraisal (CR) is an emotion regulation skill that involves changing your thinking to improve your emotional state. However, adolescents face dev…

DIS '235th+ AuthorImmersion & Presence Research +2

Awedyssey: Design Tensions in Eliciting Self-transcendent Emotions in Virtual Reality to Support Mental Well-being and Connection

Access to nature and feeling connection is critical for mental health and well-being. These benefits may be mediated by self-transcendent emotions evoked by nature. We need to explore the capacity of technology to offer such experiences when we lack access to the restorative power of nature. Despite growing resea…

CHI '223rd AuthorFull-Body Interaction & Embodied Input +1

Virtual Transcendent Dream: Empowering People through Embodied Flying in VR

Flying dreams have the potential to evoke a feeling of empowerment (or self-efficacy, confidence in our ability to succeed) and self-transcendent experience (STE), which have been shown to contribute to an individual’s overall well-being. However, these exceptional dreaming experiences remain difficult to induce at wi…

DIS '201st AuthorImmersion & Presence Research +1

Designing Mind(set) and Setting for Profound Emotional Experiences in Virtual Reality

Virtual reality (VR) has the potential to support profound emotional experiences, such as experiencing awe when virtually viewing the Earth from space. In doing so, VR can potentially both give people positive emotional experiences contributing to their overall well-being and give researchers a way to study these prof…

CHI '181st AuthorImmersion & Presence Research +1

Are You Dreaming? A Phenomenological Study on Understanding Lucid Dreams as a Tool for Introspection in Virtual Reality

Virtual reality (VR) is resurging in popularity with the advancement of low-cost hardware and more realistic graphics. How might this technology help others? That is, to increase mental well-being? The ultimate VR might look like lucid dreaming, the phenomenon of knowing one is dreaming while in the dream. Lucid dream…

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