Why Virtual Reality Isn't (Just) the Next Big Platform : Michael Abrash ...: Oculus and Abrash want to stimulate the Limbic Brain in Virtual Reality absent real world stimuli, this shit is getting quite scary, see what happens to monkeys when this response is evoked. These guys don't seem to care.

10:00 Minutes in, when Abrash relates how VR is indistinguishable from the real world and seems not to care a whit about the consequences.

"The area from which all emotion originates is the brain.

While scientists continue to test various areas of the brain for their effects on aggression, two areas that directly regulate or affect aggression have been found.

The amygdala has been shown to be an area that causes aggression.

Stimulation of the amygdala results in augmented aggressive behavior, while lesions of this area greatly reduce one's competitive drive and aggression.

Another area, the hypothalamus, is believed to serve a regulatory role in aggression.

The hypothalamus has been shown to cause aggressive behavior when electrically stimulated but more importantly has receptors that help determine aggression levels based on their interactions with the neurotransmitters serotonin and vasopressin."