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Remote virtual reality as a tool for increasing external validity

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Despite increased attention to the reliability of behavioural research, efficient solutions for conducting more representative studies are lacking. Remote virtual reality offers a promising way forward by enabling researchers to study representative behaviours in large samples and diverse settings over time, without sacrificing experimental control.

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The author thanks S. Boettcher, K. Nobre and D. Gresch for helpful conversations and comments on the manuscript. The Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging is supported by core funding from the Wellcome Trust (203139/Z/16/Z). The work is supported by the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre. The funders had no role in the decision to publish or in the preparation of the manuscript.

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Draschkow, D. Remote virtual reality as a tool for increasing external validity. Nat Rev Psychol 1, 433–434 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00082-8

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