Using virtual reality for clinical assessment and intervention

Handbook of Technology in Psychology, Psychiatry and Neurology: Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 277-318

  Rizzo, Albert Skip ^a   Parsons, Thomas D ^a   Kenny, Patrick ^a   Galen Buckwalter, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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