Virtual reality is a growing technology used in everything from video games to rehab clinics to the battlefield. Researchers recorded rats' brain activity while the rodents ran on tiny treadmills in a virtual reality setup. "We are using virtual reality more and more every day, whether for entertainment, military purposes or diagnosis of memory and learning disorders," said Mayank Mehta, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. Virtual reality creates an artificial environment, but does it activate a mental map the same way as the real world does?
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