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IMAGE: With Army funding, Kent State University creates an immersive virtual reality lab that can be used in tandem with other biophysiological technologies to advance an interdisciplinary understanding of group dynamics. view more
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. Immersive virtual reality isn t just for amusement parks, the U.S. Army is funding research that uses it to understand group dynamics.
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory funded scientists at Kent State University s Electrophysiological Neuroscience Laboratory to create an immersive virtual reality lab that can be used in tandem with their other biophysiological technologies to advance an interdisciplinary understanding of group dynamics.
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Autistic people s ability to accurately identify facial expressions is affected by the speed at which the expression is produced and its intensity, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.
In particular, autistic people tend to be less able to accurately identify anger from facial expressions produced at a normal real world speed. The researchers also found that for people with a related disorder, alexithymia, all expressions appeared more intensely emotional.
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