Would people react to the Trolley problem differently based on the medium? Immersive Virtual Reality Driving Simulator was used to examine participants respond to the trolley problem in a realistic and controlled simulated environment

Cummings, Scott

Guirguis, Ariane

Maoz, Uri

Mirchandani, Nicholas

Pak, Jungsu

English

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Chapman University Chapman University Digital Commons Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters Center for Undergraduate Excellence 12-4-2019 The Trolley Problem in Virtual Reality Jungsu Pak Chapman University, junpak@chapman.edu Ariane Guirguis Chapman University, guirguis@chapman.edu Nicholas Mirchandani Chapman University, nmirchandani@chapman.edu Scott Cummings Chapman University, scummings@chapman.edu Uri Maoz Chapman University, maoz@chapman.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cusrd_abstracts  Part of the Applied Ethics Commons, Computer Engineering Commons, Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons, Other Computer Sciences Commons, and the Other Philosophy Commons Recommended Citation Pak, Jungsu; Guirguis, Ariane; Mirchandani, Nicholas; Cummings, Scott; and Maoz, Uri, "The Trolley Problem in Virtual Reality" (2019). Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters. 359. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cusrd_abstracts/359 This Poster is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Undergraduate Excellence at Chapman University Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters by an authorized administrator of Chapman University Digital Commons. For more information, please contact laughtin@chapman.edu. QuestionWould people react to the Trolley problem differently based on the medium? If so, How?Goal1. Collect and analyze extensive data on the Trolley problem in immersive VR2. Model the behavioral responseIntroduction1. Study in decision making involving moral dilemmas (Wachter et al 2017).- Human moral decisions sometimes utilitarian sometimes deontological (rule-based).- Provides guidelines for autonomous vehicles2. Action aversion & emotional inhibition in moral dilemmas (Mcdonald & Defever 2017).- Competing intuitions: automatic vs. deliberative systems - Physiological arousal increased in moral dilemmasMethodTask: 1. Subject drives freely in driving simulator for several minutes2. Suddenly encounters trolley problem3. Controls enable subjects to make decision & act 4. Measure EEG to analyze concurrent neural activity0Trolley Problem: Philosophical thought experiment: - Person walks near train tracks where runaway trolley will hit & kill 5 people- Can switch it to another track where 1 person will be killed- Should they switch?0Virtual Reality (VR): Immersion & Illusion of presence in VR (Slater 2018). - Known illusion: initial perception does not change- Stronger emotional response- More ecological results vs. textual vignettes- Subject immediately reacts The Trolley Problem in Virtual RealityJungsu Pak2,3,, Ariane Guirguis3, Nicholas Mirchandani2,3,, Scott Cummings2,3,, Uri Maoz1,2,31 Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University; 2 Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University; 3 Institute for Interdisciplinary Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University IRB#:  IRB-19-40Subject’s PerspectiveThe Trolley ProblemTunnel for Trolley Problem

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