Extended reality (XR) technologies (e.g., headsets, CAVEs) offer very interesting new modes of visualising information, ...

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A new study challenges the notion that society is as polarized as many believe, revealing that perceptions of division often stem from the consensus within one’s own social circles.

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Perception is your reality, but not necessarily THE reality! Or, said differently: What we believe to be true isn’t always the truth. On June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth), the last of the slaves in the USA ...

In a peer-reviewed paper published in 2022 in the journal Science Advances, researchers from the University of Aberdeen and ...

A replication and extension of a 2021 study, “Time Compression in Virtual Reality,” shows a more complicated relationship ...

Every day, people use radiation in various ways without even thinking about it. People may not understand how gamma rays cause double-strand breaks in DNA, thereby helping treat various cancers; ...

The embodiment of avatars in virtual reality (VR) is a promising tool for enhancing the user’s mental health. A great example is the treatment of body image disturbances, where eliciting a full-body ...

Our brains are designed to misjudge reality. Evolution favors survival over truth, leading to predictable errors in perception, memory, and social understanding.