A virtual reality behavior avoidance test (VR-BAT) for the assessment of spider phobia

Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-158

  Mühlberger, Andreas ^a   Sperber, Miriam ^a   Wieser, Mattias J ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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