Memory recall (Part 2)

Virtual reality (VR) is changing how scientists study memory, and it involves exploring virtual mazes. At UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute, cognitive neuroscience leader Professor Jason Mattingley, PhD student Richard Ronayne, and research assistant Jayce Rushton are conducting VR experiments that they hope will be adopted in clinical settings to test people’s navigational and spatial memory.  In part two of this two-part series, our guests discuss:The challenge of using VR when conducting experimentsParticipants’ reactions to trying the VR memory testBuilding a virtual maze to test memoryHow VR can be used in a clinical settingWhy VR could help people struggling with memory lossRelated papers and resources Interpreting memory