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Cathy Arreguin

Learning from the Virtual You : NPR - 0 views

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  • Cathy Arreguin on 16 Mar 10
     
    How you appear in the virtual world could affect your behavior in real life, according to researchers at Stanford University. Andrea Seabrook speaks with Stanford's Jeremy Bailenson about his research into how people interact psychologically with their virtual-reality representations.
Christine Daniels

Clemson University-Thothica Community - 1 views

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  • Christine Daniels on 06 May 10
     
    Thothica Community is a place where people come together to discuss philosophy, poetry, psychology, culture, mathematics, computer science, physics, cosmology, artificial life, education, and second life. When I first arrived there was a nice schedule of times with topics that would be discussed. Some of the topics included evolutionary psychology and quantum economics, all presented by community sponsors and members. Also listed were poetry readings and philosophy games. This might be a good way for students to join in a discussion or share their own writing.
Cathy Arreguin

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

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  • 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.
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