Trial reportPloS one2019
The proximal experience of awe.
Trial report in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed.
- From awe to anxiety: investigating art-induced self-transcendence using virtual reality.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Shifting perspectives: an investigation of a virtual reality awe experience in people going through cancer treatment.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Measuring transformative virtual reality experiences in children's drawings.Memory & cognition · 2025Article
- Culture and Awe: Understanding Awe as a Mixed Emotion.Affective science · 2024Article
- Unveiling the underlying structure of awe in virtual reality and in autobiographical recall: an exploratory study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Transcendental Awe of God and Dimensions of Well-Being: Exploring the Mediating Role of Meaning in Life.Journal of religion, spirituality & aging · 2024Article
- Awe as a Pathway to Mental and Physical Health.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2023Article
- Awe promotes moral expansivenessFrontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Hostage negotiator resilience: A phenomenological study of awe.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- It's awe-fully unfamiliar: The effect of familiarity on awe within a virtual reality setting.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Awe Narratives: A Mindfulness Practice to Enhance Resilience and Wellbeing.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Self-transcendent experiences as promoters of ecological wellbeing? Exploration of the evidence and hypotheses to be tested.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Factor Structure of the "Top Ten" Positive Emotions of Barbara Fredrickson.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The Potential Role of Awe for Depression: Reassembling the Puzzle.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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- Influence of Positive and Threatened Awe on the Attitude Toward Norm Violations.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Creating Ambassadors of Planet Earth: The Overview Effect in K12 Education.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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- The potential synergistic effects between psychedelic administration and nature contact for the improvement of mental health.Health psychology openReview
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Abstract
Research on awe has grown exponentially in recent decades; however, few studies have considered whether awe-inspiring experiences also inspire other emotions. In two studies, we explored whether interventions targeting awe also evoke other discrete emotions. Additionally, we considered two constructs that may be associated with increases in each emotion-self-relevant thoughts and connectedness. In Study 1, we manipulated awe in virtual reality and examined the potential effects of a prototypical awe experience-a spacewalk accompanied by an audio clip of Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot. In Study 2, we manipulated awe with a video depicting scenes of Earth from outer space paired with the same audio clip. Across both studies, a prototypical awe experience was associated not only with awe, but with compassion, gratitude, love, and optimism, along with connectedness and self-relevant thoughts. Furthermore, we found that increases in self-relevant thoughts and connectedness in response to the awe induction predicted increases in each emotion evoked and vice-versa. These findings suggest that experiences that are commonly considered awe-inspiring-such as viewing a picturesque landscape-may be more appropriately conceptualized more broadly as self-transcendent. More work is needed to determine whether the documented benefits of awe may be more appropriately interpreted as the benefits of self-transcendent emotions.
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