The impact of an immersive virtual reality anatomy lab for informal science education.

ABSTRACT: The use of virtual reality (VR) in anatomy education enables interactive exploration of the human body and can overcome challenges in informal education settings, such as access to donated human remains and spatial understanding of 3D structures. This study explored how individual factors-such as spatial ability, visual imagery skills, and susceptibility to cybersickness-affected high school-aged (15-18 years old) learners' experiences and perceived effectiveness of a VR anatomy lab as a learning tool. Results showed that learners with higher visual imagery skills (visualizers) report a statistically greater sense of relevance and satisfaction when learning anatomy using VR. Those parameters are reported to be less statistically significant by those with stronger mental rotation skills (ro

SUBMITTER: Alkhammash L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12702828 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature