High sensitivity to multisensory conflicts in agoraphobia exhibited by virtual reality

European Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 501-508

  Viaud Delmon, Isabelle ^a   Warusfel, Olivier ^b   Seguelas, Angeline ^a   Rio, Emmanuel ^b   Jouvent, Roland ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Agoraphobia; Anxiety disorders; Cybertherapy; Multisensory integration; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMMERSION; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISION TEST;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMORBIDITY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PANIC DISORDER; REALITY TESTING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750137981     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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