Exploring Immersive Multimodal Virtual Reality Training, Affective States, and Ecological Validity in Healthy Firefighters: Quasi-Experimental Study

Joana Oliveira   ^{1, 2 *} , MSc ;   Joana Aires Dias   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Rita Correia   ¹ , MSc ;   Raquel Pinheiro   ³ , MSc ;   Vítor Reis   ³ , PhD ;   Daniela Sousa   ^{1, 2} , MSc ;   Daniel Agostinho   ^{1, 4} , MSc ;   Marco Simões   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Miguel Castelo-Branco   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD

¹ Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research, Institute for Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

² Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

³ National Fire Service School, Sintra, Portugal

⁴ Center for Informatics and Systems of University of Coimbra, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

*these authors contributed equally