University of Glasgow - Postgraduate research students

Elliot Millington

Academic research email: e.millington.1@research.gla.ac.uk

ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2580-4035

Research title: Using Virtual Reality to Study Anxiety

Research Summary

The sensory world can be an unfriendly place if you are autistic. Sometimes all the information is uncomfortable and overwhelming, other times important feelings like hunger are missed. These difficulties can be confusing and distressing for people and their support network. Over the long term, we know that having more sensory difficulties increases general anxiety levels.

My PhD research is exploring several key questions. How can sensory experiences (like stimming) be used to reduce anxiety in the moment? How does anxiety influence the intensity of sensory experiences up to and including sensory overload? And finally, what is the long-term effect on peoples’ quality of life from more anxiety and sensory difficulties? I am tackling these questions using a combination of questionnaires and experiments in Virtual Reality.

Publications

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2022

Husselman, T.-A., Savickaite, S., Millington, E. , Arthur, T., Hayashibara, E. and Taylor, R. (2022) Guest editorial: Applications of virtual reality in autism research. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 16(2), pp. 73-74. (doi: 10.1108/JET-06-2022-078)

Millington, E. , Hayashibara, E., Arthur, T., Husselman, T.-A., Savickaite, S. and Taylor, R. (2022) Neurodivergent participatory action research for Virtual Reality (VR). Journal of Enabling Technologies, 16(2), pp. 141-146. (doi: 10.1108/JET-05-2022-0037)

Savickaite, S., Husselman, T.-A., Taylor, R., Millington, E. , Hayashibara, E. and Arthur, T. (2022) Applications of virtual reality (VR) in autism research: current trends and taxonomy of definitions. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 16(2), pp. 147-154. (doi: 10.1108/JET-05-2022-0038)

Savickaite, S., McNaughton, K., Gaillard, E., Amaya, J., McDonnell, N. , Millington, E. and Simmons, D. R. (2022) Exploratory study on the use of HMD virtual reality to investigate individual differences in visual processing styles. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 16(1), pp. 48-69. (doi: 10.1108/JET-06-2021-0028)

Millington, E. , Simmons, D. R. and Cleland Woods, H. (2022) Brief report: investigating the motivations and autistic traits of video gamers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(3), pp. 1403-1407. (doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-04994-x) (PMID:33886033)

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Articles

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Supervisors

Conference

Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference Poster on User design for digital education: a combined UX and eye tracking study evaluating online course in Psychology’ 2021

Annual Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network Presentation on ‘Teaching in VR and Cognitive Load: A Teacher’s Perspective’ 2021

International Society for Autism Research Poster on ‘Latent Structure of Sensory Features Across Cultures’ 2021

International Society for Autism Research Poster on ‘Comparison Between Caregiver and Child Report of Sensory Sensitivities’ 2021

Teaching

As a graduate teaching assistant, I provide research design and analysis support to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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