Virtual reality, real emotions: a novel analogue for the assessment of risk factors of post-traumatic stress disorder

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Dibbets, Pauline ^a   Schulte Ostermann, Michel A ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

imagery ability; post traumatic stress disorder; risk factors; trauma induction; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961618201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00681     Document Type: Article

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