Researchers created virtual reality "doppelganger" avatars, and used them as role models to train participants in public speaking.
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Article Title: Doppelganger-based training: Imitating our virtual self to accelerate interpersonal skills learning
Funding: This study was funded by the Collaborative Research on Science and Society ( https://www.epfl.ch/schools/cdh/research-2/cross-collaborative-research-on-science-and-society/ ) grant designed to foster collaboration between the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne and the University of Lausanne (UNIL) to MSM and CS. This research was also supported by a grant from the Swiss Science Foundation ( http://www.snf.ch/en/Pages/default.aspx ) to MSM and CS (CRSII5_183564/1). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0245960
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