Virtual reality and the training of military personnel to cope with acute stressors

Studies in Computational Intelligence

Volumn 337, Issue , 2011, Pages 109-128

  Bouchard, Stéphane ^a   Guitard, Tanya ^b   Bernier, François ^c   Robillard, Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

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EID: 79952904444     PISSN: 1860949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17824-5_6     Document Type: Article

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