Cognitive mechanisms underlying virtual reality exposure

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-129

  Côté, Sophie ^a   Bouchard, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOPHOBIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; PHOBIA; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIDER; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SPIDERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64749106909     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0008     Document Type: Article

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