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Fear and Anxiety in Virtual Reality

Investigations of cue and context conditioning in virtual environment

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Hannah Genheimer

    1. Department of Psychology I, EuroUniversity of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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  • Study in the field of social sciences
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: BestMasters (BEST)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-13
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  2. Introduction

    • Hannah Genheimer
    Pages 5-21

  3. Methods

    • Hannah Genheimer
    Pages 23-40

  4. Results

    • Hannah Genheimer
    Pages 41-53

  5. Discussion

    • Hannah Genheimer
    Pages 55-68

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 69-79
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology I, EuroUniversity of Wuerzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Hannah Genheimer

About 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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fear and Anxiety in Virtual Reality

  • Book Subtitle: Investigations of cue and context conditioning in virtual environment

  • Authors: Hannah Genheimer

  • Series Title: BestMasters

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08203-1

  • Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-08202-4Published: 04 December 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-08203-1Published: 21 November 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2625-3577

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-3615

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 79

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Biological Psychology

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