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World Service,1 min

Can Virtual Reality hijack our brains?

The Inquiry

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Nick Yee describes an experiment led by his colleague Dr Grace Ahn at the Virtual Human Interaction Lab, that shows how the things we do in VR can change our behaviour in the real world. (Photo: A view through a canopy of trees in full fall, in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Credit to Getty Images)

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