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Cathy Arreguin

How your brain sees virtual you - life - 06 November 2009 - New Scientist - 0 views

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shared by Cathy Arreguin on 16 Mar 10 - Cached
  • players of the hugely popular online fantasy world World of Warcraft reveal that areas of the brain involved in self-reflection and judgement seem to behave similarly when som
  • eone is thinking about their virtual self as when they think about their real one.
  • or intelligent Previously, researchers have observed that people easily adopt the persona of their virtual selves,
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  • t about themselves and their avatars compared with real and virtual others, two regions stood out: the medial prefrontal cortex and the posterior cingulate cortex. That makes sense as prior research has linked the medial prefrontal cortex to self-reflection and judgement.
  • "next to no difference" in the activity in these regions when people thought of themselves and of their avatar
  • Caudle's team also noticed key differences between how people thought about the virtual and real worlds, which must be a necessity for preserving your sense of reality.
  • implicated in imagination.
  • precuneus
  • Cathy Arreguin on 16 Mar 10
     
    Brain scans of avid players of the hugely popular online fantasy world World of Warcraft reveal that areas of the brain involved in self-reflection and judgement seem to behave similarly when someone is thinking about their virtual self as when they think about their real one.
Leo Hsu

Virtual Reality in SL - 2 views

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physical education virtual reality second life

shared by Leo Hsu on 01 May 10 - Cached
  • Leo Hsu on 01 May 10
     
    Although physical education in second life would be more of a skills analysis or cognitive application as opposed to actual physical activity, there are breakthroughs in virtual reality applications for physical education.
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