By Dmitry Dorofeev, B.Sc Reviewed by Sophia Coveney What is virtual reality? Virtual reality is an environment generated with the help of animated computer programs and displayed on the screen – an external space that is similar to a real one. Although it has similar properties to film and television, virtual reality has some distinctive...
by University of Oxford Breakthrough success in provision of automated psychological therapy using virtual reality. Credit: University of Oxford In the largest ever clinical trial of VR for mental health, published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), automated therapy was shown to work well for patients diagnosed...
A team of researchers in the school’s Department of Psychiatry, led by Justin Russell, PhD, research scientist in the Building Resilience to Adversity and Violent Experiences (BRAVE) Research Center, under the direction of Ryan Herringa, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, is examining how virtual reality can improve...
By simulating the challenges of everyday life, a new VR game can help diagnose and perhaps treat ADHD. A new virtual reality game helps detect symptoms related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, which has been challenging with the existing tools. With further work, the game could also help treat ADHD, as well as...
by King’s College London Credit: Public Domain New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London suggests that a virtual reality test in which participants “go to the shops” could offer a potentially promising way of effectively assessing functional cognition, the thinking and processing skills needed to accomplish complex...
by Edith Cowan University Figure 1. The virtual space used in the present study from (A) a bird’s eye perspective, and (B) the perspective of the participant. Credit: DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2021.750729 If you find opening up to a therapist too daunting, new research shows you’re not alone—and you might soon have a new option. The Edith...
by Max Planck Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain To the left and right, the landscape drifts idly by, the track in front of you. Suddenly, a fire. The tension builds. The ride reaches its highest point. Only one thing lies ahead: the abyss. Plummeting down into the depths of the earth. These are scenes of...
It’s long been known that meditative mindful breathing helps with various health conditions, including pain. The new findings indicate that the two types of meditative breathing both lessened pain by modulating the somatosensory cortex, a region of the brain responsible for processing pain, but used different mechanisms, says Alexandre DaSilva, associate professor at the University of Michigan School of...
by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new systemic review found that all studies reported benefits when using virtual reality (VR) to manage psychological distress in adolescents. These benefits occurred across a range of treatment scenarios, according to the study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Adolescents face unique life...
Michael Heinrich, who lost the use of the lower half of his body after an accident, undergoes virtual reality therapy. “From an emotional standpoint, coming off an injury where I lost the majority of the use of my body, V.R. pushed the boundaries of what I thought was possible,” he said. Credit…Michigan Medicine By Alina...
