ICREA-CCCB Debates
Brain and virtual reality
Lecture by Mavi Sánchez-Vives
Debate
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Virtual reality and heightened reality will increasingly become part of human life in the coming years but they will not simply be a means of entertainment: virtual reality is already being used for understanding brain functions related with perception of reality and of ourselves.
Mavi Sánchez-Vives, ICREA research professor at the Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer ( August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute - IDIBAPS).
Presenter: Àlex Argemí, head of communication at the Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology – ICN2).
«The Brain» is the third cycle in the ICREA-CCCB Debates, a regularly occurring joint endeavour which aims to inform the general public of the advances being made and challenges facing top-ranking scientists currently working in Catalonia.
Presenters: Àlex Argemí
Participants: Mavi Sánchez-Vives
This activity is part of The Brain, ICREA-CCCB Debates
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