The role played by the concept of presence in validating the efficacy of a cybertherapy treatment: A literature review

Virtual Reality

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-36

  Spagnolli, Anna ^a   Bracken, Cheryl Campanella ^b   Orso, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cybertherapy; Presence; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893904804     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-013-0241-x     Document Type: Article

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