2024

Multisensory experiences of affective touch in virtual reality enhance engagement, body ownership, pleasantness, and arousal modulation.

W Sun, D Banakou, J Świdrak, I Valori, M Slater, M T. Fairhurst (2024)
Virtual Reality 28, 162.

Development of a Modular Adjustable Wearable Haptic Device for XR Applications.

A Najm, D Banakou, D Michael-Grigoriou (2024)
Virtual Worlds 2024, 3, 436-458.

Virtual reality exergames for enhancing engagement in stroke rehabilitation: A narrative review.

C Hadjipanayi, D Banakou, D Michael-Grigoriou (2024)
Heliyon, 10:18, e37581

Desensitizing Anxiety Through Imperceptible Change: Feasibility Study on a Paradigm for Single-Session Exposure Therapy for Fear of Public Speaking.

D Banakou, T Johnston, A Beacco, G Senel, M Slater (2024)
JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e52212

Cultivating empathy through narratives in virtual reality: a review.

C Hadjipanayi, M Christofi, D Banakou, D Michael-Grigoriou (2024)
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing 10.1007/s00779-024-01812-w

2023

Haptic feedback in a virtual crowd scenario improves the emotional response.

RK Venkatesan, D Banakou, M Slater, M Manivannan (2023)
Frontiers in Virtual Reality Sec. Haptics 4:1242587

A comparison of two methods for moving through a virtual environment: walking in place and interactive redirected walking.

D Banakou, M Slater (2023)
Frontiers in Virtual Reality Sec. Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour 4:1294539

Using virtual reality to assess gesture performance deficits in schizophrenia patients.

A Pavlidou, G Gorisse, D Banakou, S Walther (2023)
Frontiers in Psychiatry 14:1191601

Art as therapy in virtual reality: A scoping review.

C Hadjipanayi, D Banakou, D Michael-Grigoriou (2023)
Frontiers in Virtual Reality 4:1065863

2022

The Sentiment of a Virtual Rock Concert.

M Slater, C Cabriera, G Senel, D Banakou, A Beacco, R Oliva, J Gallego (2022)
in Virtual Reality 23:1-25

A Separate Reality: An Update on Place Illusion and Plausibility in Virtual Reality.

M Slater, D Banakou, A Beacco, J Gallego, F Macia-Varela, R Oliva (2022)
Frontiers in Virtual Reality 3:914392

2021

Self-observation of a virtual body-double engaged in social interaction reduces persecutory thoughts.

G Gorisse, G Şenel, D Banakou, A Beacco, R Oliva, D Freeman, M Slater (2021)
Scientific Repports 11:23923

The Golden Rule as a Paradigm for Fostering Prosocial Behavior With Virtual Reality.

M Slater, D Banakou (2021)
Current Directions in Psychological Science

The Influence of Embodiment as a Cartoon Character on Public Speaking Anxiety.

A I Bellido Rivas, X Navarro, D Banakou, R Oliva, V Orvalho, M Slater (2021)
Frontiers in Virtual Reality 11:2281

Evaluating participant responses to a virtual reality experience using reinforcement learning.

J Llobera, A Beacco, R Oliva, G Şenel, D Banakou, Mel Slater (2021)
Royal Society Open Science 8:9

Editorial: Neuropsychological and Cognitive-Behavioral Assessment of Neurodegenerative Disease and Rehabilitation Using New Technologies and Virtual Reality.

M Matamala-Gomez, F Stasolla, S Seinfeld, A O. Caffò, D Banakou, S Bottiroli (2021)
Frontiers in Psychology 12:691909

2020

Virtual body ownership and its consequences for implicit racial bias are dependent on social context.

D Banakou, A Beacco, S Neyret, M Blasco-Oliver, S Seinfeld, Mel Slater (2020)
Royal Society Open Science 7:201848

The Rocketbox library and the utility of freely available rigged avatars for procedural animation of virtual humans and embodiment.

M Gonzalez-Franco, E Ofek, Y Pan, A Antley, A Steed, B Spanlang, A Maselli, D Banakou, N Pelechano, S Orts-Escolano, V Orvalho, L Trutoiu, M Wojcik, M V Sanchez-Vives, J Bailenson, M Slater, J Lanier (2020)
Frontiers in Virtual Reality 1:561558

Exploring the effect of cooperation in reducing implicit racial bias and its relationship with dispositional empathy and political attitudes.

I Patané ^† , A Lelgouarch ^† , D Banakou ^† , G Verdelet, C Desoche, E Koun, R Salemme, M Slater, A Farnè (2020)
Frontiers in Psychology, 11:2281

Social Conformity in Immersive Virtual Environments: The Impact of Agents’ Gaze Behavior.

C Kyrlitsias, D Michael-Grigoriou, D Banakou, M Christofi (2020)
Frontiers in Psychology 11:2254

A Virtual Τour of a Hardly Accessible Archaeological Site: the Effect of Immersive Virtual Reality in User Experience, Learning and Attitude Change.

C Kyrlitsias, M Christofi, D Michael-Grigoriou, D Banakou, A Ioannou (2020)
Frontiers in Computer Science 2:23

2019

A Mechanistic Account of Bodily Resonance and Implicit Bias.

R Bedder, D Bush, D Banakou, T Peck, M Slater, N Burgess (2019)
Cognition 184 (1-10)

2018

Virtually Being Einstein Results in an Improvement in Cognitive Task Performance and a Decrease in Age Bias.

D Banakou, S Kishore, M Slater (2018)
Frontiers in Psychology 9:917

Reducing risk and improving maternal perspective-taking and empathy using virtual embodiment.

C Hamilton-Giachritsis, D Banakou, M Quiroga-Garcia, C Giachritsis, M Slater (2018)
Scientific Reports 8:14227

2017

Embodiment in a virtual body that speaks produces agency over the speaking but does not necessarily influence subsequent real speaking.

D Banakou, M Slater (2017)
Scientific Reports 7:14227

Embodiment in a Child-Like Talking Virtual Body Influences Object Size Perception, Self-Identification, and Subsequent Real Speaking.

A Tajadura-Jiménez ^† , D Banakou ^† , N Bianchi-Berthouze, M Slater (2017)
Scientific Reports 7:9637

2016

Virtual Embodiment of White People in a Black Virtual Body Leads to a Sustained Reduction in their Implicit Racial Bias.

D Banakou, PD Hanumanthu, M Slater (2016)
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10:601

2014

Body ownership causes illusory self-attribution of speaking and influences subsequent real speaking.

D Banakou, M Slater (2014)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A (PNAS) 111(49):17678-83

2013

Illusory ownership of a virtual child body causes overestimation of object sizes and implicit attitude changes.

D Banakou, R Groten, M Slater (2013)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A (PNAS) 1(6):12846–12851

2011

Computer Based Video and Virtual Environments in the Study of the Role of Emotions in Moral Behavior.

X Pan, D Banakou, M Slater (2011)
Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction 6975:52-61

2010

The effects of Avatars’ Gender and Appearance on Social Behaviour in Virtual Worlds.

D Banakou, K Chorianopoulos (2010)
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research 2(5):3-16