The Mind-Gut Connection: A virtual reality education program on the relationship between the digestive system, nervous system, and microbiome.

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dc.contributor.authorLee, Ryan M.
dc.contributor.authorJacob, Christian
dc.contributor.authorSharkey, Keith A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-06T23:26:44Z
dc.date.available2020-01-06T23:26:44Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-26
dc.description.abstractThe Mind-Gut Connection is a virtual reality education application on the relationship between the digestive system, nervous system, and microbiome. Together, these systems form the gut-brain axis and communicate with one another to carry out physiological processes associated with digestion. By illustrating this complex medical topic in a virtual reality environment, we have addressed the lack of accurate or comprehensive depictions of the gut-brain axis. Additionally, the use of virtual reality in education may allow for a broader audience to be exposed to this information. Learning about digestion in relation to the gut-brain axis is beneficial for everyone because of the impact our diets and lifestyles have on our physical and mental health. The use of this virtual reality program has the potential to better engage and inform the general public so that they are more aware of how our different body systems are interconnected. Not only is this program novel in addressing such a unique but important topic, it also exhibits innovation upon current virtual reality practices surrounding movement and motion sickness. The use of full-body virtual reality and a natural form of locomotion using arm swinging builds upon existing methods to improve the level of immersion and believability.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLee, R. M. (2019). "The Mind-Gut Connection: A virtual reality education program on the relationship between the digestive system, nervous system, and microbiome." [Presentation poster]en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37410
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111437
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.departmentBiochemistry & Molecular Biologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentComputer Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.facultyCumming School of Medicineen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjectvirtual realityen_US
dc.subjectphysiologyen_US
dc.subjectgame engineen_US
dc.subjectVRen_US
dc.subjectdigestive systemen_US
dc.subjectnervous systemen_US
dc.subjectmicrobiomeen_US
dc.titleThe Mind-Gut Connection: A virtual reality education program on the relationship between the digestive system, nervous system, and microbiome.en_US
dc.typeconference posteren_US
dc.typeconference posteren_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopyfalseen_US
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