Virtual reality underground ride reveals extent of public paranoia

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Computer people (avatars) on a simulated underground train. The virtual reality simulation was used to measure levels of paranoid thoughts. Credit: Department of Computer Sciences University College London
Computer people (avatars) on a simulated underground train. The virtual reality simulation was used to measure levels of paranoid thoughts. Credit: Department of Computer Sciences, University College London

A virtual reality Underground ride has been used by researchers to reveal the extent that paranoia occurs in the general public. The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust, demonstrates that suspicious or paranoid thoughts are much more common in the general population than was previously thought and that they are almost as common as anxiety and depression.


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