Height Simulation in a Virtual Reality CAVE System: Validity of Fear Responses and Effects of an Immersion Manipulation

Height Simulation in a Virtual Reality CAVE System: Validity of Fear Responses and Effects of an Immersion Manipulation

Acrophobia is characterized by intense fear in height situations. Virtual reality (VR) can be used to trigger such phobic fear, and VR exposure therapy (VRET) has proven effective for treatment of phobias, although it remains important to further elucidate factors that modulate and mediate the fear...

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Main Authors: Daniel Gromer, Octávia Madeira, Philipp Gast, Markus Nehfischer, Michael Jost, Mathias Müller, Andreas Mühlberger, Paul Pauli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
anxiety
fear behavior
virtual reality
presence
immersion
acrophobia
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00372/full

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