Assessing the effectiveness of virtual reality tasks as stress-inducing environments

|Publish Date: May 27, 2025|Keywords: Contemporary EHF 2025, Publications|

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Debora Colodete1,3, Bernard Costa2,3, Marcus Baldo2,3
Abstract
Due to safety concerns, the impact of stress on cognitive readiness cannot be assessed in real-time hazardous work scenarios through many psychophysiological methods. This study aimed to evaluate the validity of a virtual reality (VR) simulation designed to replicate a critical situation, eliciting a significant level of stress. This approach enables the analysis of behaviours that may mirror those exhibited by workers in high-risk environments such as oil platforms, deep-sea diving, or bomb disposal units.