Posttraumatic stress disorder: possibilities for olfaction and virtual reality exposure therapy

Virtual Reality

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 95-109

  Aiken, Mary P ^a,b,c,d,e   Berry, Mike J ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) Europol   (Netherlands)

^e MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memory; Odor; Olfaction; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Virtual reality exposure therapy

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DISEASES; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; ODORS;

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS; IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT; OLFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THERAPEUTIC PROTOCOLS; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPIES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84930542325     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-015-0260-x     Document Type: Article

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