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| Title |
Virtual Superheroes: Using Superpowers in Virtual Reality to Encourage Prosocial Behavior
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0055003 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robin S. Rosenberg, Shawnee L. Baughman, Jeremy N. Bailenson |
| Abstract |
Recent studies have shown that playing prosocial video games leads to greater subsequent prosocial behavior in the real world. However, immersive virtual reality allows people to occupy avatars that are different from them in a perceptually realistic manner. We examine how occupying an avatar with the superhero ability to fly increases helping behavior. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 145 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 27 | 19% |
| United States | 25 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 6% |
| Australia | 4 | 3% |
| Spain | 3 | 2% |
| Ireland | 2 | 1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Comoros | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 9 | 6% |
| Unknown | 63 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 122 | 84% |
| Scientists | 13 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 570 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 6 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 1% |
| United States | 5 | <1% |
| Spain | 3 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 11 | 2% |
| Unknown | 531 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 114 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 88 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 81 | 14% |
| Researcher | 63 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 38 | 7% |
| Other | 99 | 17% |
| Unknown | 87 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 157 | 28% |
| Computer Science | 114 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 47 | 8% |
| Design | 28 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 20 | 4% |
| Other | 95 | 17% |
| Unknown | 109 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 291. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 July 2023.
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#123,655
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#1,922
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#725
of 292,760 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#32
of 5,029 outputs
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