Comparing encoding mechanisms in realistic virtual reality and conventional 2D laboratory settings: Event-related potentials in a repetition suppression paradigm.

ABSTRACT: Although the human brain is adapted to function within three-dimensional environments, conventional laboratory research commonly investigates cognitive mechanisms in a reductionist approach using two-dimensional stimuli. However, findings regarding mnemonic processes indicate that realistic experiences in Virtual Reality (VR) are stored in richer and more intertwined engrams than those obtained from the conventional laboratory. Our study aimed to further investigate the generalizability of laboratory findings and to differentiate whether the processes underlying memory formation differ between VR and the conventional laboratory already in early encoding stages. Therefore, we investigated the Repetition Suppression (RS) effect as a correlate of the earliest instance of mnemonic processes un

SUBMITTER: Johnsdorf M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9912617 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature