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Record Nr.

UNINA9910304143903321

Autore

Genheimer Hannah

Titolo

Fear and Anxiety in Virtual Reality : Investigations of cue and context conditioning in virtual environment / / by Hannah Genheimer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-658-08203-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (87 p.)

Collana

BestMasters, , 2625-3577

Disciplina

150

155.7

616.89

Soggetti

Clinical psychology

Biological psychology

Clinical Psychology

Biological Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

From classical conditioning to contextual fear conditioning -- Fear conditioning in virtual reality -- Explicit ratings and physiological data.-Contextual conditioning and anxiety disorders.

Sommario/riassunto

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. Contents From classical conditioning to contextual fear conditioning Fear conditioning in virtual reality Explicit ratings and physiological data Contextual conditioning and anxiety disorders Target Groups Researchers and Students in the field of biological and clinical psychology, neurobiology and behavioral physiology Teachers and concerns focusing on the



development and application of virtual environments, psychotherapists interested in anxiety and anxiety disorders The Author Hannah Genheimer studied Biology and wrote her interdisciplinary master thesis at the Department of Psychology I in Wuerzburg. Currently, she works on the investigation of fear and anxiety in her dissertation project implicating fear conditioning in virtual reality and vagus nerve stimulation.