Brief virtual reality therapy for public speaking anxiety

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 543-550

  Harris, Sandra R ^a   Kemmerling, Robert L ^a   North, Max M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REDUCTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0036936823     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109493102321018187     Document Type: Article

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