FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPainPsychology·August 25, 2021·6 min readVirtual Reality Shown to Reduce Pain and Anxiety in ChildrenVirtual reality helps to relieve pain and anxiety for children undergoing medical procedures, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 24, 2021·5 min readHow the Brain Perceives and Remembers a New PlaceCombining virtual reality with neuroimaging, researchers identify how the brain perceives and remembers a novel place or landscape.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 5, 2021·6 min readThis Touchy-Feely Glove Senses and Maps Tactile StimuliA 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 28, 2021·5 min readVirtual Reality Boosts Brain Rhythms Crucial For Neuroplasticity, Learning and MemoryImmersive virtual reality enhances theta and eta waves in the hippocampus, improving memory, learning and neuroplasticity.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPain·June 21, 2021·5 min readVirtual Reality as Pain ReliefSmartphone-based virtual reality games helped to reduce pain in young children with burns while having their dressing changed, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 17, 2021·3 min readCommercial Video Games Could Help Treat Mental IllnessInexpensive, 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.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 23, 2021·5 min readThoughts Bring Prostheses to LifeUsing virtual reality technology, researchers found the faulty alignment of prosthetics resulted in a measurable loss in performance for users.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 13, 2021·6 min readVirtual Reality Warps Your Sense of TimeA new study reveals the unique "time compression" effect of virtual reality technology.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePain·March 19, 2021·3 min readVirtual Reality Could Help to Reduce Pain for People With Nerve InjuriesVirtual reality can help reduce painful sensations following touch people with nerve damage experience.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 10, 2021·4 min readVirtual Reality Helping to Treat Fear of HeightsWithin four hours of using a new virtual reality smartphone app, those with a fear of heights report a significant reduction of their fears in real-life situations.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 26, 2020·4 min readHow ‘Swapping Bodies’ With a Friend Changes Our Sense of SelfFriends who "swapped bodies" using virtual reality to generate the perceptual illusion found their beliefs about their personalities altered to become more similar to the beliefs about their friends' personalities. Findings suggest that when our mental self-concept doesn't match our physical self, our memories become impaired.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·June 8, 2020·4 min readOur visual world of color is largely incorrectPeople 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
