Reduced activity in the prefrontal cortex during virtual reality creative self-expression tasks indicates an enhanced relaxation response.
Virtual reality helps to relieve pain and anxiety for children undergoing medical procedures, researchers report.
Combining virtual reality with neuroimaging, researchers identify how the brain perceives and remembers a novel place or landscape.
A new touch-sensing glove can feel pressure and other tactile stimuli, researchers report. The glove has applications for those with motor function disorders and could be adapted from virtual reality gaming experiences.
Many people report feeling nausea and dizziness, similar to motion sickness, when looking at their cellphones or computers for too long. Researchers investigate why some experience cybersickness and provide advice on managing symptoms.
Immersive virtual reality enhances theta and eta waves in the hippocampus, improving memory, learning and neuroplasticity.
Smartphone-based virtual reality games helped to reduce pain in young children with burns while having their dressing changed, a new study reports.
Inexpensive, commercial video games may help those suffering from anxiety and depression to combat their symptoms. Researchers found that, in addition to conventional games, virtual reality games could help people overcome mental health problems.
Using virtual reality technology, researchers found the faulty alignment of prosthetics resulted in a measurable loss in performance for users.
A new study reveals the unique "time compression" effect of virtual reality technology.
Phase precession plays a critical role in the human brain. Not only does it link sequential positions, but it also plays a role in abstract progression to a specific goal.
Computer-generated, or virtual humans, prove to be just as good as humans in helping people practice leadership skills.
