BestMasters: Investigations of cue and context conditioning in virtual environment

Genheimer, Hannah

Virtual realities provide an outstanding tool in anxiety research. A fear conditioning study investigates and illustrates the development of anxiety disorders in humans. Hannah Genheimer describes the scientific background of fear and anxiety and presents an empirical study in a highly controlled virtual environment. Psychophysiological as well as subjective data on the participants’ fear and anxiety clearly show contextual fear conditioning. Cue conditioning in the light of one-trial learning is discussed. The results emphasize the promising application of virtual environments in psychotherapy.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2014-12-04

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783658082024

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-08203-1

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 79