Fear Factor: Using Virtual Reality to Overcome Phobias
Lia Steakley | June 10, 2015
Past research has shown that virtual reality can be effective in treating phantom limb syndrome, helping smokers kick their nicotine habit, easing patients’ pain and reducing post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, among other things. Now a pair of engineering students at Santa Clara University in California are exploring the potential of the technology to assist individuals in overcoming their fear of heights and other anxiety-related conditions.
<more at http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2015/06/10/fear-factor-using-virtual-reality-to-overcome-phobias/; related link (Virtual Reality Therapy Wows Stroke Victims) http://www.wallstreetdaily.com/2015/05/12/mindmaze-virtual-reality-therapy/>
Virtual reality exposure therapy is meant to take patients into a virtual world via a headset or three-dimensional studio. There, they interact within a videogame-like environment, equipped with visual, auditory and sensory cues.
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