A Comparison of Active and Passive Virtual Reality Exposure Scenarios to Elicit Social Anxiety

Social phobia is an anxiety disorder that results in an excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations. As a safe and controlled tool, Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) has been used to treat anxiety disorders and phobias. This paper aims to study whether VRET with active scenarios can c...

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Main Authors: Yoones A. Sekhavat, Poorya Nomani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Serious Games Society 2017-06-01
Series:International Journal of Serious Games
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Online Access:http://journal.seriousgamessociety.org/index.php/IJSG/article/view/154