time travel simulations for transformative health
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Presentation given by Virgil Wong at ISHSH 2013TRANSCRIPT
TIME TRAVEL SIMULATIONSFOR TRANSFORMATIVE HEALTH
@virgilwong VIRGILWONG.COM
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PETEFECTEAU
Graphic by TheVisualMD
KATIEMcCURDY
Stomach went bad- morning issues, !ne rest of day- worse when eat carbs
4 months of good guts- after antibiotics for spider bite- was also drinking lots of kombucha
Double vision recurrence- daily severe gut probs- few recent missed nights of sleep- double vision came on suddenly- spiked Prednisone for few months
Double vision recurrence- while/after Rifaximin- did not change meds- slowly resolving- double vision better w/probiotics
Voice weakness
Antibiotics
New symptoms- heart palpitations & pain- tingling & cold legs- achy joints
Weakness is problematic:Wild inexplicable "uctuation, eventhroughout one day - Voice weakness- No smile/weak facial muscles- Di#culty chewing- General fatigue- Double vision mostly better though
Guts feeling better- strong probiotics seem to help- can now tolerate carbs w/out bloating- gained weight & muscle back- still some urgency- swollen joints in the morning
2005 2010 2011 Present20092008200720062004
Antibiotics
Antibiotics
Antibiotics
Antibiotics Antibiotics
Antibiotics Antibiotic - Rifaximin
Positive hydrogen breath test
Nov 16: New Diet
2012
Strong probiotics
HALF DOME at Yosemite (8,840+ ft)
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Age-progressed embodiments of the future self in a virtual environment may increase likelihood of future saving behavior (Hershfield et al., 2011)
443,000 deaths/year in the U.S. attributable to smoking
10%
21%
4%
28%
8%
29%
Lung CancerOther CancersIschemic Heart DiseaseStrokeChronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseOther Diagnoses
Average annual number of deaths 2000-2004,including from secondhand smoke
Source: MMWR 2008; 57(45): 1226-1228.
Vicarious reinforcement through mass media show limited influence (Alcalay, 1983; Witte & Allen, 2000; Solomon et al., 2009)
Changing Health BehaviorPrecontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Termination
Sources: Prochaska, Diclemente & Norcross, 1992Prochaska and Velicer, 1997
6 stages in health behavior change
Personalized mental model
Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Termination
Contemplation and Preparation
Single Channel Hypothesis (Broadbent, 1987)
Audio
Dual-coding theory (Paivio, Sternberg, Mayer)
Audio + Images
Embodied cognition (Scott, Harris & Rothe, 2001)
Audio + Images+ Embodiment
Free Recall Task
Audio
Audio + Images
Audio + Images + Embodiment
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Content Match Intrusion Errors
Participants asked to verbally recall all content presented. Responses audio-recorded and converted to written text for analysis.
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Audio Audio + Images Audio + Images + Embodiment
Recognition TaskParticipants then answered a recognition task questionnaire.“Please indicate whether or not you remember hearing each of these exact statements.”
GENETIC TWIN COMPARISONS
non-smoker smoker non-smoker smoker
C O N T R O L P E R S O N A L I Z E D F U T U R E S E L F
Generic AvatarAnimation of short-term effectsAnimation of longer-term effects
Personalized AvatarAnimation of short-term effectsAnimation of longer-term effects
Personalized AvatarAnimation of short-term effectsAged AvatarsAnimation of longer-term effects
FACE AND GENDER MATCHES EACH PARTICIPANT
FACE AND GENDER MATCHES EACH PARTICIPANT
SELF-PERCEPTION THEORY
THE PROTEUS EFFECT
(Yee & Bailenson, 2007)
Time Travel in Your Own Body
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TIME TRAVEL SIMULATIONSFOR TRANSFORMATIVE HEALTH
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