Virtual reality and applied psychophysiologyBrenda K Wiederhold
Interactive Media Institute, Virtual Reality Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 30:183-5. 2005
- The treatment of fear of flying: a controlled study of imaginal and virtual reality graded exposure therapy
Brenda K Wiederhold
Virtual Reality Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed 6:218-23. 2002
..Although this study included small sample sizes for the three groups, the results showed VRGET was more effective than IET in the treatment of flying. It also suggests that physiological feedback may add to the efficacy of VR treatment...
- Three-year follow-up for virtual reality exposure for fear of flying
Brenda K Wiederhold
Virtual Reality Medical Center, 6160 C0rnerstone Court East, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav 6:441-5. 2003
..It appears that the addition of teaching self-control via visual feedback of physiological signals may serve to maintain treatment gains in long-term follow-up...
- Multimedia reviews: An annual conference to advance the use of virtual reality in the treatment of mental disorders
Brenda K Wiederhold
Virtual Reality Medical Center, 61260 Cornerstone Court East, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:1209-10. 2003
- Combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder: a case report using virtual reality graded exposure therapy with physiological monitoring with a female Seabee
Dennis Patrick Wood
Virtual Reality Medical Center, 6155 Cornerstone Court East, No 210, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
Mil Med 174:1215-22. 2009
..Details of the collaborative program involving this ONR-funded project at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton (NHCP) are also discussed...
- A randomized, controlled trial of virtual reality-graded exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder in active duty service members with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder
Robert N McLay
Department of Mental Health, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California 92134, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 14:223-9. 2011
..05). The results are limited by small size, lack of blinding, a single therapist, and comparison to a relatively uncontrolled usual care condition, but did show VR-GET to be a safe and effective treatment for combat-related PTSD...
- Exposure therapy with and without virtual reality to treat PTSD while in the combat theater: a parallel case series
Robert N McLay
Department of Mental Health, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California 92134, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 13:37-42. 2010
..This demonstrates that ET, with or without the use of VR, can be an effective means of helping service members with mental health issues while they serve in theater...
- Lessons learned from 350 virtual-reality sessions with warriors diagnosed with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder
Dennis Patrick Wood
Virtual Reality Medical Center, 6155 Cornerstone Court East, Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 13:3-11. 2010
..Lastly, case summaries of two warriors successfully treated with VR therapy are included to assist with the goal of better understanding a VR treatment architecture paradigm. Continued validation of the VR treatment model is encouraged...
- Reality graded exposure therapy with physiological monitoring for the treatment of combat related post traumatic stress disorder: a pilot study
Dennis Patrick Wood
Virtual Reality Medical Center, 9565 Waples Street, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 163:696-702. 2011
..A significant reduction in PTSD symptoms severity was noted. Implications for treatment with VR-GET and future research areas of investigation, including the use of VR-GET with smart phones and the internet, are suggested...
- Combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder: a case report using virtual reality exposure therapy with physiological monitoring
Dennis Patrick Wood
Virtual Reality Medical Center, 6160 Cornerstone C E, 155, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav 10:309-15. 2007
..Details of the collaborative program between the Virtual Reality Medical Center (VRMC) and Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) will be discussed...
- Physiological monitoring as an objective tool in virtual reality therapy
Brenda K Wiederhold
Virtual Reality Medical Center, San Diego, California 92121, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav 5:77-82. 2002
..In this study, physiological monitoring, in particular skin resistance, appeared to be useful both in understanding the physiological state of phobic individuals and in evaluating the results of treatment in VR psychotherapy...
- Combat related post traumatic stress disorder: a multiple case report using virtual reality graded exposure therapy with physiological monitoring
Dennis Patrick Wood
Virtual Reality Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 132:556-61. 2008
..Details of the collaborative program between the Virtual Reality Medical Center (VRMC) and Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) will be discussed...
- Auditory cues increase the hippocampal response to unimodal virtual reality
Joseph Andreano
Virtual Reality Medical Center, San Diego, California 92121, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav 12:309-13. 2009
..Additionally, multimodal presentation elicited increased activity in the hippocampus, a region well known to be involved in learning and memory. The implications of this finding for exposure therapy are discussed...
- Panic and agoraphobia in a virtual world
Keely Moore
The Virtual Reality Medical Center, San Diego, California 92121, USA
Cyberpsychol Behav 5:197-202. 2002
..It will be useful to explore differences between immersion, physiological responses, and self-report responses in nonphobics versus phobics...
- The future of cybertherapy: improved options with advanced technologies
Brenda K Wiederhold
Virtual Reality Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 99:263-70. 2004
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- Cost effectiveness of virtual reality graded exposure therapy with physiological monitoring for the treatment of combat related post traumatic stress disorder
Dennis Patrick Wood
Virtual Reality Medical Center, San Diego, USA
Stud Health Technol Inform 144:223-9. 2009
..We also described the estimated cost-effectiveness of VRGET for the treatment of combat-related PTSD, as contrasted to Treatment as Usual (TAU) for combat-related PTSD...
- The development of virtual reality therapy (VRT) system for the treatment of acrophobia and therapeutic case
Dong P Jang
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed 6:213-7. 2002
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- Introduction to the special issue on virtual reality environments in behavioral sciences
Giuseppe Riva
IEEE Trans Inf Technol Biomed 6:193-7. 2002
..Moreover, it discusses the clinical principles, human factors, and technological issues associated with the use of VR in the behavioral sciences...
- An investigation of immersiveness in virtual reality exposure using physiological data
Dong P Jang
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Stud Health Technol Inform 85:207-13. 2002
..Significantly, heart rate variability analysis in virtual environments showed that it could be useful for assessing the emotional states of participants...
- Exploring the use of computer games and virtual reality in exposure therapy for fear of driving following a motor vehicle accident
David G Walshe
Department of Psychiatry, University College Cork, St. Stephens Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Cyberpsychol Behav 6:329-34. 2003
..016). The findings of this study suggest that VR and GR may have a useful role in the treatment of driving phobia post-accident even when co-morbid conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder and depression are present...
- A virtual reality system for the assessment and rehabilitation of the activities of daily living
Jang Han Lee
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Sungdong PO Box 55, Seoul 133-605, Korea
Cyberpsychol Behav 6:383-8. 2003
..This study demonstrates that VR technology offers great promise in the field of ADL training...
- Pain modulation during drives through cold and hot virtual environments
Andreas Mühlberger
Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Psychotherapy, University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
Cyberpsychol Behav 10:516-22. 2007
..Although VR reduced pain unpleasantness, we found no difference in efficacy between the types of virtual world used for each pain stimulus...
- Stress, mental health, and cognition: a brief review of relationships and countermeasures
Melba C Stetz
U S Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, P O Box 620577, Fort Rucker, AL 36362 0577, USA
Aviat Space Environ Med 78:B252-60. 2007
..e., virtual-reality stress inoculation training)...
- Mechanisms of virtual reality exposure therapy: the role of the behavioral activation and behavioral inhibition systems
Frank H Wilhelm
Institute for Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 30:271-84. 2005
..Results are discussed within the framework of E. B. Foa & M. J. Kozak's (1986) emotional processing theory of fear modification, suggesting different mechanisms underlying VR and in-vivo exposure treatments...
- A virtual environment for investigating schizophrenic patients' characteristics: assessment of cognitive and navigation ability
Jeonghun Ku
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Sungdong PO Box 55, Seoul 133-605, Korea
Cyberpsychol Behav 6:397-404. 2003
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- Nicotine craving and cue exposure therapy by using virtual environments
Janghan Lee
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Cyberpsychol Behav 7:705-13. 2004
..Based on these preliminary results, it appears that VE-CET maybe a useful tool to use in treatment programs to help reduce craving in those who are nicotine dependent...
- Effects of group experiential cognitive therapy for the treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia
Young-Hee Choi
Mettaa Institute of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Seoul, South Korea
Cyberpsychol Behav 8:387-93. 2005
..These results suggested that although short-term effectiveness of ExCT might be comparable to the effectiveness of PCP, long-term effectiveness of ExCT might be relatively inferior to the effectiveness of PCP...
- Experimental application of virtual reality for nicotine craving through cue exposure
Jang Han Lee
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Cyberpsychol Behav 6:275-80. 2003
..And we investigated the effectiveness of the virtual reality system as compared to classical device (pictures). As a result, we reached the conclusion that virtual reality elicits more craving symptoms than the classical devices...
- A functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) study of cue-induced smoking craving in virtual environments
Jang-Han Lee
Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 30:195-204. 2005
..Therefore, in the 3D condition, participants seemed to have more attention, visual balance, and coordinating movement than in the 2D condition...
- Stimulation of cortisol during mental task performance in a provocative virtual environment
Alex H Bullinger
COAT Basel UPKBS, Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 30:205-16. 2005
..This provides the basis for the application of VR-based technologies in neuroscientific research, including the assessment of the human Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis regulation...
- Neurophysiological age differences during task-performance in a stereoscopic virtual environment
Ralph Mager
COAT Basel UPKBS, Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, Switzerland
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 30:233-8. 2005
..A relevant finding of the present study was that the age related differences seen in the non-VR condition were not strengthened in VR...
- Cognitive ergonomics in virtual environments: development of an intuitive and appropriate input device for navigating in a virtual maze
Oliver Stefani
COAT Basel UPKBS, Department of Psychiatry, University of Basel, Switzerland
Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback 30:259-69. 2005
..A new device was designed on the basis of these recommendations and its usability was evaluated in a second experiment. The results were used to develop a lightweight interaction device for navigation in the virtual maze...
- Analysis of physiological response to two virtual environments: driving and flying simulation
Dong P Jang
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Cyberpsychol Behav 5:11-8. 2002
..We also noted that heart rate variability could be useful for assessing the emotional states of participants...
