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Researchers explore virtual reality technology for treating chronic pain – News-Medical.Net
Researchers at the University of East Anglia are launching a new project to see whether virtual reality could help with the treatment of chronic pain.
Researchers at the University of East Anglia are launching a new project to see whether virtual reality could help with the treatment of chronic pain.
As many as 50 per cent of the UK population are living with chronic pain, and the team will study whether new technology delivered via a VR headset could help ease their symptoms.
One very futuristic aspect to the study is that the team will use a ‘Brain-Computer Interface’ where people will be taught to control elements of the VR game using only…
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