How are woodworking and baking represented as we walk from the workshop to the kitchen? Virtual reality environment modulates the representation of corresponding actions
Leon O H Kroczek, Michael Roidl, Angelika Lingnau, Marius Zimmermann · 2026
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Leon Kroczek and co-authors ask how place shapes the way we hold acts in mind, in a 2026 study. They used a virtual world that could look like a kitchen, a workshop, or a plain room. Twenty four healthy adults sorted kitchen and workshop acts while the room changed around them.
Kitchen acts were held in a more shared, steady way when the room was a kitchen than when it was a workshop or plain room. The same boost did not appear for workshop acts. The broad shape of how acts were grouped did not change. The work shows that the room a person is in can make known acts feel more firm in mind.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Leon O H Kroczek, Michael Roidl, Angelika Lingnau, Marius Zimmermann |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |