The impact of perception and presence on emotional reactions: A review of research in virtual reality

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Diemer, Julia ^a   Alpers, Georg W ^b   Peperkorn, Henrik M ^c   Shiban, Youssef ^a   Mühlberger, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotion; Fear; Perception; Presence; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923828555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00026     Document Type: Review

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