{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Y&amp;B #60 - Can VR Technology Alter Pain Perception?","description":"Can virtual reality technology affect pain perception? Well, yeah. Catherine Cowey and I discuss a fun study about this&amp;nbsp;co-authored by Lorimer Moseley in 2015 in the Psychological Science Journal.&amp;nbsp;The researchers used VR technology to give subjects (with a history of neck pain) the illusion that they had moved their neck more or less than they actually had. As they hypothesized, this had an effect on their perception of pain. ","author_name":"Yoga Research &amp; Beyond","author_url":"https:\/\/www.arianayoga.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5686194\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/060606\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/93024731"}