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

All data is already de-identified. Only de-identified data will be shared. The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be made available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. All de-identified IPD that underlie our results in a publication will be shared.

Beginning 3 months after the publication of the results, and ending 3 years after the publication of results

All data is already de-identified. Only de-identified data will be shared. The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be made available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. All de-identified IPD that underlie our results in a publication will be shared.