Sue ThomasUniversity of Bournemouth Latest articles by Sue Thomas Virtual Reality Can Make You Forget Pain By Sue Thomas published 28 February 15 Opinion It may not be too long, however, until patients will be able to ward off their agonies simply by playing virtual reality games. Opinion Virtual Nature Makes Us Feel Good Even If It's Farmville (Op-Ed) By Sue Thomas published 16 December 13 Opinion Environmental psychologists have long known that encounters with the natural world are good for us, and it seems to help when those encounters are in our virtual lives. Opinion Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck 2'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers3Astronomers discover giant 'bridge' in space that could finally solve a violent galactic mystery4James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'5'Rabbits sometimes make mistakes or grow lazy. That's when the tortoise seizes its chance': Chinese scientists make nuclear power breakthrough using abandoned US research
Virtual Reality Can Make You Forget Pain By Sue Thomas published 28 February 15 Opinion It may not be too long, however, until patients will be able to ward off their agonies simply by playing virtual reality games.
Virtual Nature Makes Us Feel Good Even If It's Farmville (Op-Ed) By Sue Thomas published 16 December 13 Opinion Environmental psychologists have long known that encounters with the natural world are good for us, and it seems to help when those encounters are in our virtual lives.
