Using a flexible virtual environment for treating a storm phobia

PsychNology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-144

  Botella, Cristina ^a   Baños, Rosa M ^b   Guerrero, Belén ^c   García Palacios, Azucena ^a   Quero, Soledad ^a   Alcañíz, Mariano ^d  

^a Universidad Jaume I de Castellón   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Unidad de Trastornos de la Personalidad Centro Clínico PREVI   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive display; Psychological treatment; Specific phobia; Virtual reality exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549095915     PISSN: 17207525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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