Treating cockroach phobia using a serious game on a mobile phone and augmented reality exposure: A single case study

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 217-227

  Botella, C ^a   Breton Lopez J ^a   Quero, S ^a   Banos R M ^b   Garcia Palacios A ^a   Zaragoza, I ^c   Alcaniz, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Exposure treatment; Mobile phones; Phobias; Serious games; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE TREATMENT; HEALTH ISSUES; HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS; IN-VIVO; MOBILE GAMES; PHOBIAS; SERIOUS GAMES;

ARGON; AUGMENTED REALITY; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 78449298657     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.07.043     Document Type: Article

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