Transparent findings? 'Invisible' people less anxious, say scientists

Using virtual reality, neuroscientists simulated the effects of invisibility in subjects and found it gave them confidence in front of a crowd

The possibilities open to a person rendered invisible have been well explored in the worlds of science fiction and philosophy, not to mention the minds of adolescents.

Now neuroscientists in Sweden have simulated the effect using virtual reality and found, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the sensation of being transparent makes people less anxious in front of a stern-looking crowd.