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VR Wing Training Boosts Brain Activity in 25 Participants

5/7/2026

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Peking University researchers trained 25 participants with virtual-reality wings, altering brain activity.
Yanchao Bi and Kunlin Wei designed a week-long VR program where participants wore headsets, saw rust-colored wings, and flapped their arms to control them.
After training, visual-cortex responses to wing images increased, resembling responses to upper limbs.
Jane Aspell said the study demonstrates broader brain plasticity.

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Peking University researchers trained 25 participants with virtual-reality wings, altering brain activity.
Yanchao Bi and Kunlin Wei designed a week-long VR program where participants wore headsets, saw rust-colored wings, and flapped their arms to control them.
After training, visual-cortex responses to wing images increased, resembling responses to upper limbs.
Jane Aspell said the study demonstrates broader brain plasticity.