A clinical trial tries to bridge a cultural divide — and ease the anxiety of pediatric patients Virtual reality is often confined to the usual Silicon Valley crowd — mostly white and mostly wealthy. But at Stanford University, a new … Continue reading Reducing anxiety
How Virtual Reality Can Help Fight Dementia She always wanted to go back to her cabin in Norway—so much so that one day, she left her dementia care facility where she was staying, and tried to drive there. Except she … Continue reading Recreated memories
Virtual Reality Can Ease Medical Anxiety and Pain in Children Two studies recently presented at the annual meeting in San Francisco of the American Society of Anesthesiologists show that virtual reality can reduce children’s anxiety and pain before and after … Continue reading Perceptions of pain
How virtual reality is transforming autism studies The forest is still — until, out of the corner of my eye, I notice a butterfly flutter into view. At first it is barely perceptible, but as I watch the butterfly more … Continue reading Diversity training
VR Replicates Life For A Child With Hearing Loss This enables users to feel first-hand what life is like for a child with hearing loss. The Shepherd Centre supports children with hearing loss of all levels to learn to listen … Continue reading Into a world of silence
Swiping right on virtual relationships There’s an episode in the latest season of the Hulu original series Casual, where the main character, Alex, tries his hand at dating in virtual reality. He quickly meets a woman and develops a big, … Continue reading Couples therapy
Your Next Psychologist May Prescribe ‘The Legend of Zelda’ When Carly McCullar, 32, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as an adult, she wanted to improve her social and communication skills before heading into the next stage of her life. … Continue reading Games for psychologists
Virtual Reality tricks the brain into adopting bionic body parts Watching Star Wars recently, I got to thinking about Luke Skywalker’s bionic hand. As robots become increasingly dexterous and tactile sensors become smaller and more capable, the essential components of … Continue reading Bionic limbs
Virtual Reality for Reducing Pain Chronic pain is debilitating, and it can cause patients to “fall through the cracks”. Health care institutions struggle to find ways to create “nets” and catch these patients. Pain medications include opioids which are used … Continue reading Pain and attention
Virtual reality gaming technology is being used to test for fear of heights and could save lives My feet may only have been four inches off the ground, but my brain was convinced I was more than 623 feet in … Continue reading How to save real lives
LAVREB Laboratory of Virtual Reality and Economic Behavior 