Washington, Nov 12 (IANS) Virtual reality (VR) experiences have emerged as a novel way to investigate and treat fear and phobias among humans, a new study has said. In VR experiments, researchers, led by Ai Koizumi, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, showed that humans developed specific body movement patterns after learning that a virtual avatar could “hit” them. Training participants to physically fight against the violent stranger in a virtual 3D space reduced fear responses to the stranger when tested 24 hours later. Results highlighted the role of body movements in fear memory functions and suggest the potential for improving interventions for fear and traumatic memories through physic
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