Borrowing “Yaya” Urassaya Sperbund’s Body Can Actually Change the Way You Think

 

 

Borrowing “Yaya” Urassaya Sperbund’s Body Can Actually Change the Way You Think

Not many of us can lay claim to being the latest hottest breaking sensation, but even if we’re not Urassaya Sperbund, we can still visualise ourselves in the beloved heartthrob’s shoes.

If we can do that, surprising things might happen. A new study by scientists in Thailand showed that when women assumed Yaya’s physical identity as part of a virtual reality (VR) experiment, it actually changed the way they think – with some of the participants even feeling more beautiful.

“Virtual reality can create the illusion of a virtual body to substitute your own, which is called virtual embodiment,” says computer scientist and chair Ramez Naam from Singularity University.