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ArticleSmart learning environments2021

The impact of virtual reality meditation on college students' exam performance.

Regina Kaplan-Rakowski, Karen R Johnson, Tomasz Wojdynski

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Article in Smart learning environments, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Regina Kaplan-RakowskiDepartment of Learning Technologies, College of Information, University of North Texas, 3940 N. Elm Street, G159, Denton, TX 76207 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6769-7784
Karen R JohnsonDepartment of Learning Technologies, College of Information, University of North Texas, 3940 N. Elm Street, G150, Denton, TX 76207 USA.
Tomasz WojdynskiSchool of Banking and Management in Cracow, Aleja Kijowska 14, 30-079 Kraków, Poland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advocates of meditation claim that it can improve various aspects of life, including health, attention, thinking, and learning. The purpose of this empirical, quantitative, between-subject study was twofold. First, it compared the effectiveness of meditation delivered through virtual reality versus video, as measured by students' test scores. Second, the study provided insights on the use of meditation, whether via virtual reality or video, as a way to positively affect well-being.

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AnxietyExamMeditationMindfulnessVirtual realityWell-being

Identifiers

PMID40477821
PMCPMC8520331

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