Image reprocessing via wearable cameras: effects on memory recall and rumination after a social-stress task

摘要

BackgroundVideo feedback has been used in the context of social anxiety disorder (SAD) to help modify individuals’ perceptions about performance during exposure tasks. A novel way to capture both the observer and field perspective is through the use of wearable cameras. Compared to video feedback, which only provides information from the observer perspective and hence addresses concerns regarding the individual’s own performance, field/first-person image capture has the advantage that it can direct attention to external information during social situations. We aimed to develop a paradigm to capture both field and observer perspective images generated during a social stress task, to manipulate the mode of memory re-processing, and to evaluate the impact on state anxiety, memory recall, and negative post-event processing.