Scientists have worked out why common anti-depressants cause around a half of users to feel emotionally ‘blunted’. In a study published today, they show that the drugs affect reinforcement learning, an important behavioural process that allows us to learn from our environment.

The Guardian’s science correspondent, Linda Geddes, was put to the test in the panic-inducing VR world of a game that teaches a breathing technique in Lucie Daniel-Watanabe’s research project.     Read Linda’s article about her experience and the project here>>