Veronica Weser, PhD

Veronica Weser, PhD, is a Research Scientist and a member of XR Pediatrics, part of the Yale Center for Immersive Technologies in Pediatrics. Veronica received her PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of Virginia where she investigated user experience and motion sickness in virtual reality as part of a collaboration with Google VR. Prior to that, Veronica was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, where she studied patterns in English spelling errors committed by bilingual English/Japanese elementary students with developmental dyslexia and dysgraphia. Veronica brings basic science research and technical VR knowledge along with a passion for games to the to the process of creating impactful VR experiences that promote healthy behaviors.