How can virtual reality be used to study how the brain works? In this episode of Science Snapshots, Eugenia Chiappe, head of the Sensorimotor Integration lab at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, explains how virtual reality helped her lab discover how the brain integrates visual and motor information in order to navigate the world.
About Science Snapshots: Short videos about big discoveries! This series features the most recent breakthroughs made by the investigators of the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown as they tackle some of biology’s greatest mysteries.
(Em português)
Navegar Mundos Virtuais
É possível utilizar a realidade virtual para estudar o funcionamento do cérebro? Neste épisódio dos Science Snapshots, Eugenia Chiappe, líder do Laboratório de integração sensoriomotora no Centro Champalimaud, explica que a realidade virtual ajudou a sua equipa a descobrir como o cérebro integra a informação visual e motora de forma a conseguir navegar o mundo.
Alexandre Azinheira is a Visual Artist and works as a Multimedia Producer at the SciCom Unit of the CCU; Liad Hollender works as a Science Writer at the Science Communication Office at Champalimaud Research
Edited by: Catarina Ramos & Ana Gerschenfeld(Science Communication office).
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