The Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain and Memory.

Magic Bowl VR Analgesia

The effect of Virtual Reality on pain and memory.

The primary outcome measure was the participants' accuracy of remembering the pattern of a total of five pain stimuli per set. Using the Quantitative Sensory Testing "method of limits", each participant selected a temperature they found "painful but tolerable" that they were willing to receive several more times, later in the study. They then received a sequence of five brief stimuli to their wrist, with a brief inter-stimulus interval between each stimulus.

Inclusion Criteria:

• must be English speaking (but English does not necessarily need to be native/first language).
• must be willing to follow our UW approved instructions,

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not capable of indicating pain intensity
• Not capable of filling out study measures
• Non-English-speaking
• Extreme susceptibility to motion sickness
• Seizure history
• Unusual sensitivity or lack of sensitivity to pain
• Sensitive skin
• sensitive feet
• migraines
• cold symptoms
• Diabetes
• Or if you are under 18 years old