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Virtual Reality in Behavioral Neuroscience: New Insights and Methods

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Editors:
  1. Christopher Maymon

    1. School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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  2. Gina Grimshaw

    1. School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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  3. Ying Choon Wu

    1. Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, USA

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  • Signals the potential for future advances with VR technology
  • Provides practical guidelines for cognitive and behavioral neuroscientists
  • Provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the current state of the art

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (CTBN, volume 65)

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About this book

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.


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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Methods in Virtual Reality Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Promises and Pitfalls of Virtual Reality

      • Christopher Maymon, Ying Choon Wu, Gina Grimshaw
      Pages 3-23

    3. Launching Your VR Neuroscience Laboratory

      • Ying Choon Wu, Christopher Maymon, Jonathon Paden, Weichen Liu
      Pages 25-46

    4. Monitoring Brain Activity in VR: EEG and Neuroimaging

      • Sebastian Ocklenburg, Jutta Peterburs
      Pages 47-71

    5. Eye Tracking in Virtual Reality

      • Nicola C. Anderson, Walter F. Bischof, Alan Kingstone
      Pages 73-100

  3. VR to Study the Mind

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Virtual Reality for Spatial Navigation

      • Sein Jeung, Christopher Hilton, Timotheus Berg, Lukas Gehrke, Klaus Gramann
      Pages 103-129

    3. Virtual Reality for Vision Science

      • Paul B. Hibbard
      Pages 131-159

    4. VR for Studying the Neuroscience of Emotional Responses

      • Marta Andreatta, Markus H. Winkler, Peter Collins, Daniel Gromer, Dominik Gall, Paul Pauli et al.
      Pages 161-187

    5. VR for Cognition and Memory

      • Nicco Reggente
      Pages 189-232

    6. Virtual Reality for Awe and Imagination

      • Alice Chirico, Andrea Gaggioli
      Pages 233-254

    7. Using Extended Reality to Study the Experience of Presence

      • Keisuke Suzuki, Alberto Mariola, David J. Schwartzman, Anil K. Seth
      Pages 255-285

  4. Applications of VR

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287
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    2. Virtual Reality for Learning

      • David Checa, Andres Bustillo
      Pages 289-307

    3. VR for Pain Relief

      • Marta Matamala-Gomez, Tony Donegan, Justyna Świdrak
      Pages 309-336

    4. Virtual Reality for Motor and Cognitive Rehabilitation

      • Anuja Darekar
      Pages 337-369

    5. Virtual Reality Interventions for Mental Health

      • Oswald D. Kothgassner, Adelais Reichmann, Mercedes M. Bock
      Pages 371-387
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Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

    Christopher Maymon, Gina Grimshaw

  • Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, USA

    Ying Choon Wu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Virtual Reality in Behavioral Neuroscience: New Insights and Methods

  • Editors: Christopher Maymon, Gina Grimshaw, Ying Choon Wu

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42995-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42994-1Published: 29 September 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42997-2Due: 30 October 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-42995-8Published: 28 September 2023

  • Series ISSN: 1866-3370

  • Series E-ISSN: 1866-3389

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 387

  • Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Experimental Psychology, Experimental Psychology

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