With virtual reality, you can go back to childhood

Dive into virtual reality allows adults to see the world through the eyes of a child, scientists say.



Mel Slater, a scientist from the University of Barcelona, ​​and colleagues conducted a study in which an adult had for a while again become children, managing a virtual child "Text." It was observed that the perception adapts to the characteristics of the virtual body: for example, one begins to see everything around as a child, about twice the size of the actual items.

Studies Adult "placed" in a virtual first body 4 year child, and then into the body of an adult, but the size of the child. At the same time, volunteers c using special sensors can manage their virtual avatar in real time or with a delay.

Participants were asked to estimate the size of the virtual dice: as it turned out, a more pronounced effect of increasing the subjects observed the volunteers who received "child" virtual body, although there was a change of perception at all. The researchers argue that this is because a person begins to identify with Text-child, though for a time returning to his childhood. At the same time his brain "pulls" on the surface of all the children's feelings and behaviors.

Participants who ran "child", not only saw everything around twice, but even if you select the virtual space favored the room with an interior of the nursery. In addition, "plunged into the childhood" were inclined to use words inherent children.

The effect of the child's perception was observed only when the movement of the avatar match the movements of the subject, if the delay was present, the illusion did not arise.



As Slater says, such experiments can help people immerse themselves in memories of their own childhood. "It is logical to assume that if we can bring back the children's perception, it helps us to understand what we were children," - said the scientist in an interview with LiveScience.

The results of the experiment Salvatore Aglioti interested neurologist at the University of La Sapienza in Rome. He suggests that this method will help to penetrate deeper into the perception of the world, for example, a man with some mental disabilities.

via factroom.ru