A survey on virtual environment applications to fear of public speaking

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1561-1568

  Vanni, Federico ^a,b   Conversano, C ^b   Del Debbio, A ^c   Landi, P ^b   Carlini, M ^d   Fanciullacci, C ^b   Bergamasco, M ^a   Di Fiorino, A ^c   Dell'Osso, L ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Versilia Hospital   (Italy)

^d Asl 1 Toscana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fear of public speaking; Social anxiety disorder; Virtual environments; Virtual reality exposure therapy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PUBLIC SPEAKING; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERAPY EFFECT; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

DATA COLLECTION; FEAR; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPEECH; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84884343871     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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