Most of them had dreams like Hunt's, basically continuing to play the game while sleeping. Not surprisingly, some of the players reported having had sexual dreams based in the game. In life, what you do, you go to work or school, you eat and you sleep. When you can encounter these random creatures from fantasy, it's different. Some researchers believe that online activities could be having a more profound effect than simply adding a new dream show to the rotation every once in a while.
Models seep into consciousness without awareness.
We're constantly rewiring the brain. The most useful insight we have about the brain is its dynamism. New information, new connections, give you new brain wiring. Paul LeBlanc, president of Marlboro College in Vermont, says new technologies have reshaped our brains repeatedly over the long curve of time. What you remembered was literally what you knew.