Does loving an Avatar threaten real-life marriage?

Richard Kolotkin, Maggie Williams, Casey Lloyd and Earnest Halford, Psychology, have found that the answer to this question is a resounding “yes.” Anyone interested in learning more about this new virtual threat to marriage can access the full report of their research, recently published in the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research in December of 2012 (Volume 5, Number 3), by […]

Psychology students present at MN psychology conference

Casey Lloyd, and Ethan Dahl, Psychology, presented a poster entitled Music’s Effect on Helping Behavior in Second Life at the Minnesota Undergraduate Psychology Conference at Carleton College April 16. They also presented another poster with the title Music’s Effect on Helping Behavior in Second Life: An exploration of Inter-reality at the Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference at UCL on May 7. […]

Psychology student research report from MSUM Second Life

Research conducted in virtual reality on MSUM’s Second Life virtual campus has resulted in a number of student research presentations. Kelsey Johnson, Psychology, will present the results of her study, Virtual Sexual Aggression: The Real Life Correlates of BDSM and Rape Simulations in Second Life, as a poster at both the MSUM Academic Conference and at the 83rd Annual Meeting […]