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How your brain sees virtual you
posted on 11/06/2009 11:55 AM by Pandemonium1323

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18117-how-yo ur-brain-sees-virtual-you.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref= tech
http://tinyurl.com/yh43v6m

Brain scans of avid players of the hugely popular online fantasy world World of Warcraft reveal that areas of the brain involved in self-reflection and judgement seem to behave similarly when someone is thinking about their virtual self as when they think about their real one.

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Re: How your brain sees virtual you
posted on 11/06/2009 3:51 PM by someday69

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hey Pan....what about the virtual diva,,who that main chariter fell in love with...they had a relationship....

Now we have the chance to make our own ramona's..
Avatars...but ,,in the future....we can ...............drink our fill......

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Re: How your brain sees virtual you
posted on 11/06/2009 4:17 PM by exapted

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It's like the human brain was built to be extended. It makes sense, since we are tool-makers.

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