The researchers, writing in the journalPsychiatry Research, demonstrate that making a person's height lower than normal in the virtual reality simulation could make them feel worse about themselves and more fearful that others are trying to harm them.
Passengers cut down to size on virtual tube ride
- 30 January 2014
- Research
Experiencing a social situation from a lower height can make people prone to having 'mistrustful thoughts', suggests an Oxford University study which made use of people's reactions to a virtual reality underground tube ride.