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·October 17, 2018·3 min read

Virtual Reality May Encourage Empathetic Behavior

According to a new study, virtual reality may be a useful tool for encouraging empathy and positive attitudes towards marginalized groups.

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·April 5, 2017·5 min read

Finger Prosthesis Provides Clues to Brain Health

An experiment aimed to investigate how the brain interprets artificial touch sensation from a finger neuroprosthesis, has revealed new information for developing way to measure brain health.

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·March 19, 2021·3 min read

Virtual Reality Could Help to Reduce Pain for People With Nerve Injuries

Virtual reality can help reduce painful sensations following touch people with nerve damage experience.

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·May 10, 2017·2 min read

Live Interactions With Robots Increase Their Perceived Human Likeness

According to researchers, people who watch live interactions between robots and other people are more likely to consider the robot to have more humanlike qualities.

The image shows one of the virtual humans mentioned in the article.

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·July 10, 2014·4 min read

Virtual Humans Inspire Patients to Open Up

A new study reports patients are more open to disclosing personal information with a virtual human than a real one.

This shows a person in virtual reality glasses

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·March 31, 2019·3 min read

Virtual reality could be used to treat autism, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s

Virtual reality can help recalibrate time perception and sensorimotor actions. Researchers believe the technology could help in the treatment of ASD, Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia.

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·February 16, 2019·8 min read

Immersive Virtual Reality Therapy Shows Lasting Effect in Phobia Treatments For Children with ASD

Researchers report children on the autism spectrum who experience specific phobias may benefit from immersive virtual reality therapy. The study reports immersive VR helped almost 45% of children with ASD remain free from their phobias six months after treatment.

Image shows a person playing the computer game with the brain stimulation device on.

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·December 6, 2016·5 min read

No Peeking: Humans Play Computer Games Using Only Direct Brain Stimulation

Using only direct brain stimulation, game players navigate through simple computerized mazes, a new study reports.

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·January 27, 2016·3 min read

Using Virtual Reality to Make Experiments More Realistic

Researchers are using virtual reality avatars to investigate how real people behave in interactions.

This is a mountain view from the VR head set

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·May 24, 2019·6 min read

Virtual reality can spot navigation problems in early Alzheimer’s disease

People with mild cognitive impairment who had positive biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in their cerebrospinal fluid performed worse on virtual reality navigation tasks. Virtual reality which incorporates navigational tasks could prove a helpful tool in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease for those at risk.