Is Virtual Reality Bad For Your Brain?

Video Author's:
Milan Sivakumar B.S in Biomedical Engineering

Other Videos on Virtual Reality from How Virtual Reality Affects The Brain:
https://youtu.be/Qlyl_qCMO5M
https://youtu.be/ViqdckWYT6c

Scenes:
0:00 Intro
0:36 Basic Numbers
1:22 Becoming Homeless Study
2:01 Negative Effects of VR
2:50 Absorption
3:50 Children Vs. Adults under VR
4:33 Common Side Effects of VR
5:00 Conclusion

In this video we examine the idea that virtual reality may have detrimental effects on your Brain Health in both the short term and long term. We take a look at some study such Stanford's Becoming Homeless Study and examine the concept of an EEG to further ponder this question.

Sources:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/426469/active-virtual-reality-users-worldwide/#:~:text=The%20total%20number%20of%20active,themselves%20to%20be%20hardcore%20gamers

https://agelab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/lin_lee_lally_coughlin_2018.pdf

https://news.stanford.edu/2018/10/17/virtual-reality-can-help-make-people-empathetic/

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10055-020-00440-y.pdf

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10055-020-00440-y.pdf

https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1205&context=thesis

https://vhil.stanford.edu/mm/2017/07/bailey-ivr-developing-child.pdf


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