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An elephant in the room amplifies discomfort when the virtual reality space matches physical reality.

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Authors: Michael Wiesing1, Alessandro Clocchiatti1,2, Brenda Ryan1,3,4, Roger Montserrat1, Agata Marta Soccini2, Mel Slater1,5
ORCID iDs: Mel Slater
  1. Event Lab, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
  3. August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
  4. Virtual Bodyworks SL, Barcelona, Spain
  5. Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Institutions: Universitat de Barcelona (Spain); University of Turin (Italy); Consorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (Spain)
Journal: iScience, volume 29, issue 6, article 115951
Dates: received 21 November 2025; accepted 27 April 2026; published online 30 April 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115951 · PMID 42239722 · PMCID PMC13226895 · OpenAlex W7160085261
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: dead link
Categories: human (organism), other (organism), clinical / translational (subfield)
Keywords: Biological sciences, Clinical neuroscience, Natural sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology
Topic: Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Generalitat de Catalunya Departament d'Innovacio Universitats I Empresa; European Social Fund Plus; Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación; Gobierno de Espana Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (PDI2020-117108RB-100-TEDIX); European Commission; European Regional Development Fund; Instituto de Salud Carlos III; Horizon Europe (101135025); Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2021-SGR-01165-NEUROVIRTUAL); Departament de Recerca i Universitats, Generalitat de Catalunya
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Wiesing, M., Clocchiatti, A., Ryan, B., Montserrat, R., Soccini, A. M., & Slater, M. (2026). An elephant in the room amplifies discomfort when the virtual reality space matches physical reality. iScience, 29(6), 115951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115951

BibTeX

@article{wiesing2026elephant,
author = {Wiesing, Michael and Clocchiatti, Alessandro and Ryan, Brenda and Montserrat, Roger and Soccini, Agata Marta and Slater, Mel},
title = {{An elephant in the room amplifies discomfort when the virtual reality space matches physical reality}},
journal = {iScience},
year = {2026},
month = apr,
volume = {29},
number = {6},
pages = {115951},
publisher = {Elsevier},
issn = {2589-0042},
doi = {10.1016/j.isci.2026.115951},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115951},
pmid = {42239722},
pmcid = {PMC13226895}
}

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TY - JOUR
AU - Wiesing, Michael
AU - Clocchiatti, Alessandro
AU - Ryan, Brenda
AU - Montserrat, Roger
AU - Soccini, Agata Marta
AU - Slater, Mel
TI - An elephant in the room amplifies discomfort when the virtual reality space matches physical reality
T2 - iScience
J2 - iScience
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/04/30
VL - 29
IS - 6
SP - 115951
SN - 2589-0042
PB - Elsevier
DO - 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115951
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115951
LA - en
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