Virtual reality as a new imaginative tool in psychotherapy

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 70, Issue , 2000, Pages 356-358

  Vincelli, Francesco ^a,b   Riva, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-VIVO; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

HUMANS; IMAGINATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0033650656     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-914-1-356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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