Virtual worlds versus real body: Virtual reality meets eating and weight disorders

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 63-66

  Riva, Giuseppe ^a,b   Gutiérrez Maldonado, José ^c   Wiederhold, Brenda K ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Virtual Reality Medical Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84959106460     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2016.29025.gri     Document Type: Editorial

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