Had an incredible time at #IEEEVR presenting my research within the ‘VR Embodiment in Children’ workshop. Thank you to the organisers for the opportunity to share my work with this fantastic community! I’m heading home to finish writing up my thesis, inspired by the fascinating talks & people I met!

New paper out in Developmental Science >>>

Dorothy Cowie@dorothycowie.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Delighted to share our paper on virtual embodiment, just out in Developmental Science. We show that the appearance of a virtual hand affects feelings of ownership for both children and adults. Movement cues interact with this for adults only. For all p’s, short-term training increased embodiment.

Over the Easter break I volunteered at Centre 404, a London-based charity that supports children and adults with learning disabilities, autism and their families, to help run a VR workshop with young adult service users. Demoed creative VR experiences on their brand new Meta Quest 3 headsets!

So lovely to meet Marianna and hear about her research using VR to explore ADHD in children & adults!

Dorothy Cowie@dorothycowie.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s lab visit season! We have really enjoyed a visit this week from Marianna M @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social .. to talk all things kids, movement & VR. Meanwhile, our own @oscarsill.bsky.social, shown on zoom, is visiting the Garbarini lab 😊

My fab PhD students Oscar & Emerald are on a roll! @oscarsill.bsky.social won the @exppsychsoc.bsky.social poster prize, @emeraldgrimshaw.bsky.social won best talk at @durhampsych.bsky.social PGR conf, while Oscar got a mention too. Both co-supervised with Bob Kentridge, pictured. Nice job, guys! 🌟

The winner of Best Long Talk is Emerald Grimshaw! @emeraldgrimshaw.bsky.social

Shared my recent findings from my research into educational Immersive Virtual Reality at the @durhampsych.bsky.social PGR conference and was honoured to win the award for best Long Talk! Thanks @chloefielding.bsky.social @laurynclucas.bsky.social for organising such an amazing conference!

Really enjoyed attending the @exppsychsoc.bsky.social Lancaster meeting in April and presenting a poster about my PhD research on educational Immersive Virtual Reality!