Digital Doppelgängers: How Games define Identity
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😇 Join us for an engaging online lecture "Digital Doppelgängers: How Games define Identity"
Free English Lecture | July 5, 10:00 AM (Bishkek Time)
🌟 Imagine a world where you can be anyone: a legendary warrior, a space explorer or an idealised version of yourself. Video games and virtual reality are no longer just entertainment; they have become powerful tools that influence how we perceive ourselves and interact with others.
🔮 For the first time in English, researcher Angelina Demilkhanova shares insights from 20 years of studying gamers' digital identities, including findings from the book "Doppelgangers: The Psychology of Gaming and Virtual Reality", which she co-authored with Aron Brudny.
What We'll Explore:
1️⃣Virtual Reality - More Than Just Games
• How VR tricks our brains into feeling "present" in digital worlds
2️⃣ Your Digital Twin: The Psychology of Avatars
• What game characters reveal about our real-life personalities
• Jacques Lacan's mirror stage theory: Why we obsess over perfecting our digital selves
3️⃣ The Secret Language of Games
• Roger Caillois' 4 game types( agôn (competition), alea (chance), mimicry (simulation), and ilinx (vertigo))
4️⃣ New research: Are we behaving differently in games now than we did in 2004?
Despite rapid technological advances, the core psychological processes remain remarkably consistent. This lecture will take you beyond the surface to the very essence of how games influence our sense of self.
Lecturer:
PhD in Psychology, is a specialist in computer games research, virtual reality, addictive behaviors, and sports psychology. She is also a practicing psychotherapist and guest editor at Scientific & Academic Publishing (SAP). She is also a teacher of the martial art Aikido (4th Dan Aikikai Hombu Dojo).
Author of more than 30 scientific publications. Also author of books on psychology and philosophy of martial arts.
ℹ️ When
🗓 Date: July 5, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 a.m. (Bishkek time,(GMT+6))
📍 Online: Free access (link to be shared after the registration)
🌐 Language: English
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