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Painful thoughts disrupt the feeling of owning one’s body, virtual reality study finds
A new study published in Frontiers in Psychology shows that imagining your body in pain—even if it’s just a virtual one—can ...
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Future robots could one day tell how you're feeling by measuring your sweat, scientists say
In a new study, scientists used skin conductance — a measure of how well skin conducts electricity — to assess the emotions of 33 participants who were shown emotionally evocative videos.
Virtual reality experiment reveals how pain and fear weaken sense of body ownership
A study from Hiroshima University found that when people were told to imagine their virtual bodies in pain, their brains ...
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Mind Over Body: How Fear and Pain Challenge Our Sense of Self
A virtual reality study suggests that pain, negative physical states, and prior expectations can weaken the mind’s connection ...
Social media might be making you sweat—literally
A new study finds that scrolling Instagram triggers a strange physiological response: slowed heart rates, increased sweating, ...
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Using skin conductance to tell apart emotions. (IMAGE)
Traces of skin conductance over time were recorded and analyzed to reveal patterns of how people respond to different emotional stimuli. Credit must be given to the creator.
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VR study reveals how pain and fear weaken sense of body ownership
The fear response is measured using a skin-conductance response and the degree of conductance measures is then related to how strongly the participant is identifying with their virtual body.