Spider Phobia: Neural Networks Informing Diagnosis and (Virtual/Augmented Reality-Based) Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy—A Narrative Review

Recent fMRI studies on specific animal phobias, particularly spider phobia (arachnophobia), have identified a large variety of specific brain regions involved in normal and disturbed fear processing. Both functional and structural brain abnormalities have been identified among phobic patients. Curre...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	Frontiers in Psychiatry
Main Authors:	Jonas Hinze, Anne Röder, Nicole Menzie, Ulf Müller, Katharina Domschke, Matthias Riemenschneider, Michael Noll-Hussong
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Subjects:	specific phobia functional neuroimaging augmented reality virtual reality psychotherapy spider phobia
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.704174/full