Virtual reality biofeedback effectively reduces depression and anxiety symptoms. Biofeedback has shown promise in managing depression and anxiety symptoms by helping individuals regulate physiological responses like heart rate and breathing.

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Self-guided VR therapy shows promise for managing social anxiety

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Free online VR tool for speakers to practise in front of thousands of virtual spectators helps with anxiety. Percentage of students who said they were anxious public speakers fell from 65% before experiment to 20%, while percentage who described themselves as confident rose from 31% to 79%.

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AI model predicts adult ADHD using virtual reality and eye movement data 🧠👀. Study found that their machine learning model could distinguish adults with ADHD from those without the condition 81% of the time when tested on an independent sample.

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Caring for a baby makes the world seem more dangerous 🍼🌍: In a potentially threatening situation, the world looks more dangerous when caring for a baby, finds first-of-its-kind psychology research using virtual environments to explore parenting dynamics.

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Retina e-paper promises screens 'visually indistinguishable from reality' 🌟 | Researchers have created a screen the size of a human pupil 👁️ with pixels measuring about 560 nanometers wide. The invention could radically change virtual reality 🌐 and other applications.

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25 people learned to fly with virtual wings. After flight training, the brain began treating wings more like real limbs

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🐦 25 individuals underwent a week-long virtual reality training program, learning to control feathered wings and successfully completing flight tasks.

🧠 Following the training, participants' brains showed a heightened response to images of wings in areas typically associated with body parts, treating them more like real limbs.

✨ This study highlights the brain's remarkable plasticity, suggesting it can integrate even "unhuman" appendages, potentially paving the way for new limb enhancements and sensory experiences.

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Virtual reality-based cognitive remediation versus virtual reality control in people with mood or psychosis spectrum disorders in Denmark: a single-centre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial

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🧠 New VR study reveals stress sharpens central memory details (like names/faces) but blurs contextual elements.

✈️ Researchers used a virtual airport simulation to test memory under stress, finding negative emotions prioritize crucial information for immediate goals.

💡 This insight into memory prioritization could aid fields like justice, emergency response, education, and healthcare.

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Using VR to take another perspective has been used to develop empathy but may backfire. New study found that embodying an obese avatar in virtual reality can deepen anti-fat bias, and higher self esteem was linked to worse bias. This bias also spilled over to other unrelated groups like immigrants.

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* ⚖️ An exploratory study in Finland (August 12, 2026) found that embodying an avatar with obesity in VR surprisingly *increased* anti-fat bias in participants.

* 🧠 Higher self-esteem was linked to stronger anti-fat bias after embodying the avatar. Participants with lower self-esteem showed a less clear opposite trend.

* 🌍 The negative bias intensified by VR surprisingly spread to other stigmatized groups, including immigrants, Muslims, and LGBTQ+ individuals, a phenomenon called secondary transfer effect.

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When Walking in Someone Else's Shoes Allegedly Backfires: Testing Virtual Reality as a Tool for Reducing Weight Stigma

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