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Fear and Anxiety in Virtual Reality
Hannah Genheimer
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Description for Fear and Anxiety in Virtual Reality
Paperback. Fear and Anxiety in Virtual Reality Series: BestMasters. Num Pages: 89 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
Virtual realities provide an outstanding tool in anxiety research. A fear conditioning study investigates and illustrates the development of anxiety disorders in humans. Hannah Genheimer describes the scientific background of fear and anxiety and presents an empirical study in a highly controlled virtual environment. Psychophysiological as well as subjective data on the participants’ fear and anxiety clearly show contextual fear conditioning. Cue conditioning in the light of one-trial learning is discussed. The results emphasize the promising application of virtual environments in psychotherapy.
Virtual realities provide an outstanding tool in anxiety research. A fear conditioning study investigates and illustrates the development of anxiety disorders in humans. Hannah Genheimer describes the scientific background of fear and anxiety and presents an empirical study in a highly controlled virtual environment. Psychophysiological as well as subjective data on the participants’ fear and anxiety clearly show contextual fear conditioning. Cue conditioning in the light of one-trial learning is discussed. The results emphasize the promising application of virtual environments in psychotherapy.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
89
Condition
New
Series
BestMasters
Number of Pages
79
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9783658082024
SKU
V9783658082024
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99-15
About Hannah Genheimer
Hannah Genheimer studied Biology and wrote her interdisciplinary master thesis at the Department of Psychology I in Wuerzburg. Currently, she works on the investigation of fear and anxiety in her dissertation project implicating fear conditioning in virtual reality and vagus nerve stimulation.
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