ABSTRACT
Researchers in the field of Behavioural Sciences (from Psychology to Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience) make use of experimental devices intended to use the sensory information and the control conditions of the activity possessed by the experimental subjects in order to better understand the sensory, motor and cognitive determinants of the working of the human operator. Virtual reality techniques for researchers are thus nothing but a development of the existing techniques. However, we are presently witnessing the convergence and constant accelerated progress of numerous techniques of sensory stimulation, capturing human movements and sensorimotor interactions in real time, under the generic term of virtual reality. The purpose here will be to show that virtual reality, while making it possible for the field of Behavioural Sciences to tackle new questions, will benefit in return from the theoretical advances resulting from experimental work.
