An experiment on fear of public speaking in virtual reality

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue , 2001, Pages 372-378

  Pertaub, D P ^a   Slater, M ^a   Barker, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS;

COMPUTER GENERATED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS; PUBLIC SPEAKING; SOCIAL ANXIETIES; SOCIAL SETTINGS; VIRTUAL HUMANS; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPIES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; PHOBIA; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0035230308     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-925-7-372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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