An experimental study on fear of public speaking using a virtual environment

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 627-633

  Slater, Mel ^a,c   Pertaub, David Paul ^a   Barker, Chris ^a   Clark, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEAR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PUBLIC SPEAKING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VIRTUAL REALITY; ADULT; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPEECH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33947655321     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9.627     Document Type: Article

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