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·June 28, 2016·6 min read

Simple Recreational Activities Just As Effective As Virtual Reality For Stroke Rehab

Playing cards or throwing a soft ball may be as effective as virtual reality in helping people recover from strokes.

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·June 16, 2016·4 min read

Stinky or Fragrant? How Reactions to Odor Change in Presence of Others: Fly Study

A new study reveals preference of odors can flip, depending on the situation.

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·June 14, 2016·5 min read

Combating Virtual Reality Sickness

Researchers have developed a new method for combating nausea associated with virtual reality which can be applied to head worn VR displays.

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·June 6, 2016·5 min read

How The Brain Merges The Senses

Researchers have proposed a computational model that could help explain multisensory integration in humans.

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·May 22, 2016·2 min read

Animal Training Techniques Teach Robots New Tricks

Researchers are using methods used for training animals to help teach robots how to perform new tasks.

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·May 17, 2016·5 min read

‘Virtual Partner’ Elicits Emotional Responses From a Human

Researchers have created a 'virtual partner' that is able to elicit emotional response from humans in real time.

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Featured Psychology

·May 10, 2016·4 min read

Brain Patterns Predict How Fast Adults Learn New Languages

A five minute measurement of resting state brain activity may predict how quickly an adult learns a second language.

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·May 6, 2016·6 min read

Virtual Reality Can Help Treat Severe Paranoia

A new study reports virtual reality can help treat severe paranoia by allowing people to face situations they fear.

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·March 9, 2016·3 min read

Friend or Foe: Our Peripheral Vision is Better at Recognizing People Than Objects

Researchers find our peripheral vision effectively allows us to judge what others are doing, even if they are not in our direct line of sight.

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·March 3, 2016·4 min read

Neuronal Calculations Consider Expectations

According to researchers, fly brains take typical features of the environment into account when calculating motion.

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·February 25, 2016·3 min read

How the Brain May Handle Teleportation

An innovative new study considers how our brains may handle being 'beamed up' from one location to another.

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·February 15, 2016·3 min read

Virtual Reality Therapy Could Help People With Depression

According to researchers, immersive virtual reality therapy could help people with depression to be less critical and more compassionate toward themselves, thus reducing some depressive symptoms.

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