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Behavioral effects of anti-pandemic preventive measures: a VR study

2026-08-31

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<p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, a variety of public health measures aimed at decreasing transmission between people sharing public spaces, including social distancing and the use of face masks. However the behavioral consequences of these policies on human navigation are mostly unknown. Using virtual reality, we investigated how some common preventive measures influenced how people navigate near other people. Par...

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Literature Corpus work: 443b54d5-bcce-5c67-96f0-7c26956c0b7c
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/8chjd_v3

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