It's just in fiction for now, but the "avatar doctor," a virtual physician which consults and diagnoses through a smartphone app, is coming, says the author of a new medical thriller.
Feb 19, 2014
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Imagine a type of personalized treatment where mice serve as surrogates to treat human disease.
May 20, 2014
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It's happy hour, and there's a man, a man with a drinking problem, headed to his favorite bar. He turns into the parking lot, and his phone comes to life. It's an image of a woman, her voice calm and reassuring.
Jan 7, 2016
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Spending time immersed as a virtual character or avatar in a role-playing video game can numb you to realizing important body signals in real life. This message comes from Ulrich Weger of the University of Witten/Herdecke ...
Oct 28, 2013
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Interventions aimed at reducing unhealthy behaviors often focus on retraining people's mental associations, but a series of studies suggests that showing people the consequences of the behaviors may be more effective. The ...
Oct 29, 2018
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Medical students at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) will have the opportunity to conduct psychiatric interviews with avatars in future. "This will enable them to practise with patients presenting the full range of symptoms ...
Sep 11, 2019
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Avatars can potentially make interrogations more efficient. However, a study by psychologists based at the Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies, a University of Twente research institute, shows that they are only ...
Apr 21, 2016
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