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Virtual Reality Creates False Memories

Posted by samzenpus on from the I'm-sure-I've-saved-the-earth-before dept.

moon_monkey writes "There's an interesting post on NewScientistTech's blog about virtual reality inducing false memories during a recent experiment (pdf). Ann Schlosser at the University of Washington tested students' ability to learn how to use a real digital camera by operating a virtual one. Although those students who used the virtual camera found it easier to remember how the camera worked, they also experienced more 'false memories'. As the post points out, could this be a serious problem for VR going forward?"

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  1. So... by otacon · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I didn't really lose my virginity? it was just VR? Damn

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    1. Re:So... by UnknowingFool · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh you did, but it wasn't with Heidi Klum. It was with something less attractive. I've seen the YouTube, and all I can say that you're a sick puppy. :P

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    2. Re:So... by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is all baloney. Although ever since I got back from my Mars vacation I've felt a little strange, but my wife tells me it should pass soon.

  2. EGA memory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I often confuse my sex life with Leisure Suit Larry's

  3. Today, a young man.... by Pojut · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration... that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather.

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    1. Re:Today, a young man.... by CaffeineAddict2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh, you know what he's doing now? He's going for the righteous indignation dollar. That's a big dollar. Lot of people are feeling that indignation, we've done research. Huge market. He's doing a good thing.

  4. Dupe! by muellerr1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or, wait, maybe it's not. I guess can't rightly recall now.

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  5. Re:I Believe There is a Name for That Condition: by cyclomedia · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surely "Deja VR" ...

    i'll get my coat

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  6. Re:I'm confused by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

    The classic example is of course the intro Psych course where an unknown assailant kills someone before the whole class, then runs from the room.

    Wow.. higher education sounds a lot more practical based over in the USA! Do you tend to use vagrants as the 'someone', or just international scholarship students who get promised that the money will go to their families?
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