Virtual Reality in Behavioral Neuroscience: New Insights and Methods

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-42994-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 65, 387 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 764 g

Reihe: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Virtual Reality (VR) is a rapidly maturing technology that offers new and unique solutions to otherwise intractable problems in the study of cognition, behavior and neuroscience. VR removes many of the constraints imposed by laboratory paradigms, allowing us to track cognitive, behavioral and brain responses to naturalistic (or even impossible) situations without sacrificing experimental control. But VR is not a tool that can be swiftly and effortlessly integrated into existing research pipelines; currently, the benefits of VR are accompanied by a host of methodological challenges and important practical considerations. To help navigate this new methodology, this volume provides a balanced review of both the exciting new findings emerging from VR labs and the challenges and limitations that are part and parcel of VR research.      

This volume is an important first step toward establishing a standardised methodology for conducting research in VR. To this end, thevolume provides a wealth of practical advice for researchers who are new to the technology. This volume is authored by an interdisciplinary team of VR researchers including computer scientists, engineers, psychologists and neuroscientists. It highlights current research in the field to demonstrate how VR advances our understanding of the mind, while also providing groundbreaking solutions in applied domains.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maymon, Christopher

Wu, Ying Choon

Grimshaw, Gina

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Experimentelle Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The promises and pitfalls of Virtual Reality.- Setting up your VR neuroscience laboratory.- Monitoring the autonomic system in VR.- Monitoring brain activity in VR: EEG and neuroimaging.- Eye-tracking and Pupillometry in VR.- VR for Movement and Action Science.- VR for Vision Science.- VR for Emotion.- VR for Thinking and Creativity.- VR for Social Cognition.- VR as a window into Consciousness.- Aging.- Learning.- Pain.- Cognitive and motor rehabilitation.- VR for Mental Health.