Scientists Trick People Into Thinking They're Invisible, And Make Them Feel Less Anxious

If you want to ease your stage fright, take a few deep breaths and imagine the audience in their underwear. But if that doesn't work, here's another trick to try -- go invisible. That's right. Neuroscientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden gave people the illusion that their entire bodies had disappeared -- which in turn dramatically reduced their social anxiety. Smoke and mirrors. For the study, the researchers fitted 125 men and women with virtual reality headsets. In the headsets, the ...