Acting the part of a superhero can make you start to behave like one in real life, a study has found.
Scientists created a virtual reality environment in which volunteers had the ability to fly through the air like Superman or rode as passengers in a helicopter.
Both groups were given a task – either helping to find a missing diabetic child, or exploring a virtual city.
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