Three-dimensional virtual environments for cybertherapy: A psychosocial approach to effective usability

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-236

  Galimberti, Carlo ^a   Belloni, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYBERNETICS; CYBERTHERAPY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; CYBERNETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0038644862     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109493103322011506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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