Virtual reality and acrophobia: One-year follow-up and case study

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 336-341

  Coelho, Carlos M ^a   Santos, Jorge A ^a   Silvério, Jorge ^a   Silva, Carlos F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33745602790     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.336     Document Type: Article

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