Learning in Immersive Virtual Reality

Special collection of APA’s Technology, Mind, & Behavior includes articles published by the journal between 2022 and 2025. This special collection provides empirical research on learning academic material in immersive virtual reality.

Jeremy N. Bailenson (Stanford University, United States) and Richard E. Mayer (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)

Jakki Bailey (University of Texas at Austin, United States), Michael Casale (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States), Chris Dede (Harvard University, United States), Geraldine Fauville (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), Aleshia Hayes (University of North Texas, United States), Mina C. Johnson-Glenberg (Arizona State University, United States), Robb Lindgren (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States), Guido Makransky (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Anna Carolina Muller Queiroz (Stanford University, United States), Jocelyn Parong (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States), Susan Persky (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States), and Andrea Stevenson Won (Cornell University, United States)

• Advances in Research on Learning in Immersive Virtual Reality
  Volume 5, Issue 4
  Pages 173–175
  Richard E. Mayer, Jeremy N. Bailenson
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000146

• Sexual Harassment Bystander Training Effectiveness: Experimentally Comparing 2D Video to Virtual Reality Practice
  Volume 3, Issue 2
  Pages 302–321
  Shannon L. Rawski, Joshua R. Foster, Jeremy Bailenson
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000074
• Do Students Learn Better With Immersive Virtual Reality Videos Than Conventional Videos? A Comparison of Media Effects With Middle School Girls
  Volume 3, Issue 3
  Pages 468–484
  Anna Carolina M. Queiroz, Géraldine Fauville, Fernanda Herrera, Maria Isabel da S. Leme, Jeremy N. Bailenson
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000082
• Pipetting in Virtual Reality Can Predict Real-Life Pipetting Performance
  Volume 3, Issue 3
  Pages 452–467
  Gustav Bøg Petersen, Sara Klingenberg, Guido Makransky
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000076
• Why Just Experience the Future When You Can Change It: Virtual Reality Can Increase Pro-Environmental Food Choices Through Self-Efficacy
  Volume 3, Issue 4
  Pages 539–550
  Adéla Plechatá, Thomas Morton, Federico J. A. Perez-Cueto, Guido Makransky
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000080
• Procedural Learning in Virtual Reality: The Role of Immersion, Interactivity, and Spatial Ability
  Volume 3, Issue 4
  Pages 551–565
  Cheryl I. Johnson, Shannon K. T. Bailey, Bradford L. Schroeder, Matthew D. Marraffino
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000087
• Prerequisites for Learning in Networked Immersive Virtual Reality
  Volume 3, Issue 4
  Pages 566–579
  Eugy Han, Kristine L. Nowak, Jeremy N. Bailenson
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000094
• Can Differentiated and Personalized Mixed-Reality Simulations Transform Teacher Learning?
  Volume 4, Issue 1
  Pages 49–75
  Rhonda Bondie, Akane Zusho, Emily Wiseman, Chris Dede, Daniel Rich
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000098
• Enhancing the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Science Education Through an Experimental Intervention Involving Students’ Perceived Usefulness of Virtual Reality
  Volume 4, Issue 1
  Pages 76–90
  Joseph Ferdinand, Stephan Soller, Jens-Uwe Hahn, Jocelyn Parong, Richard Göllner
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000084
• Exploring Racism in Immersive Virtual Reality: Understanding the Effects on Awareness and Engagement With Social and Racial Inequities
  Volume 6, Issue 3
  Pages 275–290
  Courtney D. Cogburn, Jeremy Bailenson, Brittany Ribeiro Brown, Tariro Nussinov, Susan S. Witte, Prema Filippone, Fernanda Herrera, Schuyler Ross
  https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000154