Effectiveness of virtual reality exposure in the treatment of arachnophobia using 3D games

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-27

  Bouchard, Stéphane ^a,b   Côté, Sophie ^b,c   St Jacques, Julie ^b,d   Robillard, Geneviève ^a,b   Renaud, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b Centre Hospitalier Pierre Janet   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exposure; Games; Specific phobia; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOPHOBIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARANEAE;

EID: 33644903496     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/thc-2006-14103     Document Type: Article

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