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When you hear the words Alzheimer's disease, what do you think of? The truth is, the picture most of us have of the disease is incomplete. Alzheimer's disease doesn't start when someone starts to lose their memory. It actually starts years – sometimes decades – earlier. The Rethinking Alzheimer's Disease Podcast is an engaging, narrative-style podcast miniseries for those curious or motivated to learn about Alzheimer’s disease. Perhaps you have a family member with Alzheimer’s disease, or ca ...
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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 experiments
- Participants’ reactions to trying the VR memory test
- Building a virtual maze to test memory
- How VR can be used in a clinical setting
- Why VR could help people struggling with memory loss
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Chapters
1. Memory recall (Part 2) (00:00:00)
2. The challenges of using VR (00:00:51)
3. Participants’ reactions to trying the VR memory test (00:04:28)
4. Exciting discoveries from the VR experiments (00:07:38)
5. Building a virtual maze to test memory (00:15:20)
6. The impact of VR research (00:22:22)
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