Virtual Human Interaction Lab – Stanford University

VHIL Latest

Testing virtual reality in the classroom, APA Monitor on Psychology
- In a range of studies, VHIL is showing that manipulating virtual versions of the teacher and classroom environment can help students pay attention and perform better.

Virtual self-modeling: The effects of vicarious reinforcement and identification on exercise behaviors
- Our research, recently published in Media Psychology, has shown that seeing the virtual self exercise and experience the rewards and punishments associated with exercise affects exercise behavior both inside and outside the virtual world.

Weird Connections – Mimicry, Discovery
- People spend many hours a week interacting with digital others. VHIL uses the virtual world as a tool to understand the implications of this new form of social interaction.