Embodying compassion: a virtual reality paradigm for overcoming excessive self-criticism.

Virtual reality has been successfully used to study and treat psychological disorders such as phobias and posttraumatic stress disorder but has rarely been applied to clinically-relevant emotions other than fear and anxiety. Self-criticism is a ubiquitous feature of psychopathology and can be treate...

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Main Authors: Caroline J Falconer, Mel Slater, Aitor Rovira, John A King, Paul Gilbert, Angus Antley, Chris R Brewin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4229123?pdf=render