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Shattering the self

August, 2019

Ella Rhodes on the contradictory nature of the self. The Psychologist

Scottish scientists in brain breakthrough in re-run of famous study

5th January, 2019

The National
by Kirsteen Paterson

Virtual lives: Could VR change how we think of others?

11th October, 2018

BBC News

BBC Click

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A Study Showed Better Results on Cognitive Tasks for People Who Embody Albert Einstein in VR

13th July, 2018

Advocator

by Brad Bennett

Borrowing Einstein’s body, fluid mechanics of dripping taps, birds and spiders devour insect energy

13th July, 2018

Everday Science

by Hamish Johnston

Study: People who embody Albert Einstein in VR perform better on cognitive tasks

11th July, 2018

Big Think

by Stephen Johnson

Borrowing Einstein's Body Can Actually Change The Way You Think, Study Shows

11th July, 2018

Science Alert

by Peter Dockrill

Meet Einstein through virtual reality

11th July, 2018

The Hindu

People who see themselves as Albert Einstein suddenly think they are smarter: Being in the body of someone highly intelligent changes how people view their own intellect, find scientists

9th July, 2018

Mail Online

by Alexandra Thompson

Seeing yourself as Einstein may change the way you think

9th July, 2018

Medical Xpress

VR Technology Can Help People With Low Self-Esteem

9th July, 2018

The VRSoldier

BBC Click, Hay Festival

26th May, 2018

Mel Slater was interviewed live on stage by Spencer Kelly about the virtual reality rendition of a scene following the 1917 Russian Revolution.

Realidade virtual coloca agressores no lugar das vítimas. E eles reconhecem o medo

4th March, 2018

DN Portugal

by Joana Capucho

Virtual reality is used to treat domestic violence offenders by placing them in their victim's shoes

26th February, 2018

Mirror

by Shivali Best

La realidad virtual pone al maltratador en la piel de su víctima

22nd February, 2018

El País

by Jessica Mouzo Quintáns

Rehabilitan maltratadores con realidad virtual que les hace sentirse víctimas

22nd February, 2018

La Vanguardia

La realidad virtual mejora la empatía de hombres maltratadores hacia las mujeres que agreden

22nd February, 2018

El Periódico

by Àngels Gallardo

Un programa rehabilita con realidad virtual a condenados por violencia machista

22nd February, 2018

RTVE

by RTVE.es / EFE

The VR Experience That Might Make You Less Afraid to Die

30th January, 2018

VICE

by Shayla Love

Humans 4.0: Reality - It’s All In The Mind

9th January, 2018

HuffPost

By Katherine Templar Lewis

Could virtual reality treat anxiety?

9th November, 2017

BBC News

By Jean Mackenzie, Victoria Derbyshire programme

'After, I feel ecstatic and emotional': could virtual reality replace therapy?

7th October 2017

The Guardian

By Simon Hattenstone

News Feature: Virtual reality therapy set for a real renaissance

26th September, 2017

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS)

By M. Mitchell Waldrop

A team of researches changed people’s races in a full-body virtual reality immersion experiment

14th June, 2017

Scientific American

By Stephen L. Macknik

Looking at a virtual hand reduces the pain in your real hand

7th February, 2017

New Scientist

By Anil Ananthaswamy

Virtual out-of-body experience reduces your fear of death

23rd January, 2017

New Scientist

By Jessica Hamzelou