Expanding Mind - Game Transfer Phenomena - 05.04.17

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Expanding Mind - Game Transfer Phenomena - 05.04.17

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May 4, 2017

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Psychologist Dr. Angelica Ortiz de Gortari talks about earworms, closed eye visuals, virtual reality dreams, and the many ways that computer games bleed into the offscreen lives of gamers.

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May 4, 2017

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