Quantifying Human Avoidance Behavior in Immersive Virtual Reality

Avoidance behavior is a key symptom of most anxiety disorders and a central readout in animal research. However, the quantification of real-life avoidance behavior in humans is typically restricted to clinical populations, who show actual avoidance of phobic objects. In experimental approaches for h...

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Main Authors: Florian P. Binder, Victor I. Spoormaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.569899/full