A Stanford-developed virtual reality experience, called “Becoming Homeless,” is helping expand research on how this new immersive technology affects people’s
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Robots have power to significantly influence children’s opinions
Young children are significantly more likely than adults to have their opinions and decisions influenced by robots, according to new
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Blood sample breakthrough good news for pregnant women
A wide range of fetal genetic abnormalities could soon be detected in early pregnancy thanks to a world-first study led
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Virtual reality headsets significantly reduce children’s fear of needles
The scenario is all too familiar for the majority of parents. The crying, the screaming and the tantrums as they
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Young toddlers may learn more from interactive than noninteractive media
Preschoolers can learn a lot from educational television, but younger toddlers may learn more from interactive digital media (such as
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Your body is transparentized in a virtual environment: Active method to induce illusory ownership of an invisible body at a distance
A Ph.D. candidate, Ryota Kondo, and Professor Michiteru Kitazaki at Toyohashi University of Technology, in cooperation with Professor Masahiko Inami
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