This article is also available as a pdf version. A young man walks toward the entrance to an underground subway. As he starts down the escalator, his heart rate increases, but he continues. He ...

What is the timetable for the general adoption of VR in courtrooms? It's not a matter of "if," but "when." For years, trial lawyers have been intrigued by the potential of virtual reality in trials.

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Virtual reality looks to be a useful tool on multiple fronts to help prevent falls among older residents, including those in nursing homes, say researchers developing apps to do just that. A George ...

Aiming to address age-related cognitive decline, a growing global health challenge, a team of researchers has developed a VR-based smell-training system to help combat it. This innovative VR game ...

Synesthesia has received increasing attention in popular science writing. Psychology Today describes it as a neurological condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway, for ...