Virtual Reality for the Psychophysiological Assessment of Phobic Fear: Responses During Virtual Tunnel Driving

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 340-346

  Mühlberger, Andreas ^a   Bülthoff, Heinrich H ^b   Wiedemann, Georg ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

exposure; HR; startle reflex; tunnel phobia; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REFLEX; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34848926023     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.19.3.340     Document Type: Article

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