Blais, L., Qorbani, H.S., Arya, A., & Davies, J. (2022). A memory palace for brain anatomy and function represented in virtual reality. Proceedings of the Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age conference (CELDA-22). In D. G. Sampson, D. Ifenthaler and P. Isaias (Eds). IADIS Press. 331--334.

• An implemented virtual reality environment representing a memory palace of a walkthrough of the brain with mnemonics to help students remember brain areas and functions.

BibTex Entry:

@InProceedings{Davies, 
  author = 	 {Blais, Ludivine and Qorbani, Hossain Samar and Arya, Ali and
Davies, Jim}, 
  title = 	 {A memory palace for brain anatomy and function represented in virtual reality}, 
  booktitle = 	 {Proceedings of the Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age conference}, 
  pages = 	 {331--334}, 
  year = 	 {2022}, 
  editor = 	 {Sampson, D.G. and Ifenthaler, D. and Isaias, P.}, 
  volume = 	 {}, 
  number = 	 {}, 
  series = 	 {}, 
  address = 	 {}, 
  month = 	 {}, 
  organization = {}, 
  publisher = {IADIS}
}

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Abstract

Memory palaces are effective tools for learning vast amounts of information in a canonical order using mnemonics. However, our review of the literature revealed a lack of implementation and user study of memory palace in Virtual Reality (VR) for neuroscience education. VR technology enables us to build highly interactive virtual learning spaces that are engaging and interesting. As a result, we implemented a web-based version of VR (known as WebXR) to help students about brain regions for the first time including the name, function, and location of each brain part.