Using virtual reality, researchers shed light on how those with anorexia perceive their own bodies.The study also found women with anorexia consider severely underweight bodies to be ideal and most attractive. Read More
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Embodying Freud through immersive virtual reality allowed people to give themselves better psychological advice, a new study reports. Read More
Researchers have developed a new method for combating nausea associated with virtual reality which can be applied to head worn VR displays. Read More
A new virtual reality study reveals people's perception of taste can be altered by what they experience in their surroundings. Read More
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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. Read More
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. Read More
Using a combination of transcranial magnetic stimulation and virtual reality, researchers have helped to reduce anxiety in people with panic disorders. Read More
Combining neuroimaging and a constructed virtual reality town, researchers found the brain uses three different systems to perceive environment. One system allows us to recognize a place, another helps navigate through that location, and the third helps navigate from one place to another. The parahippocampal place area (PPA) helps encode location recognition, while the retrosplenial complex allows for mentally mapping the locations of specific places. Read More
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··6 min readResearchers present a new theory which states, following amputation, the neural circuitry connected to the missing limb becomes entangled with other neural networks, specifically ones responsible for pain perception. Read More
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Using only direct brain stimulation, game players navigate through simple computerized mazes, a new study reports. Read More
People are oblivious to change when color is removed from peripheral vision. Research reports the brain likely fills in for much of our perceptual experience when it comes to seeing the entire picture in color. Read More
Researchers have developed a brain machine interface that incorporates virtual reality which has allowed some paraplegic patients to regain some feeling in their limbs. Read More
