Fear of heights shapes postural responses to vibration-induced balance perturbation at virtual height [PDF]
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023 IntroductionStanding upright at height is a challenging situation involving intense threat of balance loss and fall. The ability to maintain balance in such conditions requires properly resolving sensory conflicts and is influenced by fear.
Diana Bzdúšková +2 more
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Influence of Music on Anxiety Induced by Fear of Heights in Virtual Reality [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 Music is a potent mood regulator that can induce relaxation and reduce anxiety in different situations. While several studies demonstrate that certain types of music have a subjective anxiolytic effect, the reported results from physiological responses ...
Sofia Seinfeld +2 more
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Visual exploration during locomotion limited by fear of heights. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Visual exploration of the surroundings during locomotion at heights has not yet been investigated in subjects suffering from fear of heights.Eye and head movements were recorded separately in 16 subjects susceptible to fear of heights and in 16 non ...
Günter Kugler +4 more
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Enhancing emotion regulation: investigating the efficacy of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation at PC6 in reducing fear of heights [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThis study investigated the impact of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) at Neiguan acupoint (PC6) on the physiological and behavioral responses of participants exposed in virtual height.
Jicheng Sun, Taihui Zhang, Lv Hao
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Fear of heights and mild visual height intolerance independent of alcohol consumption [PDF]
Brain and Behavior, 2013 AbstractBackgroundVisual height intolerance occurs when a visual stimulus causes apprehension of losing balance and falling from some height. Affecting one‐third of the population, it has a broad spectrum of symptoms, ranging from minor distress to fear of heights, which is defined as a specific phobia.
Doreen Huppert +2 more
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Effectiveness of a stand-alone, smartphone-based virtual reality exposure app to reduce fear of heights in real-life: a randomized trial [PDF]
npj Digital Medicine, 2021 Smartphone-based virtual reality (VR) applications (apps) might help to counter low utilization rates of available treatments for fear of heights.
Dorothée Bentz +6 more
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Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Fear of Heights: Clinicians’ Attitudes Become More Positive After Trying VRET [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 BackgroundVirtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) has the potential to solve logistic challenges when treating specific phobias. However, VRET has yet to see a large-scale implementation in clinical settings despite positive findings in treatment trials.
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Representation of Fear of Heights by Basolateral Amygdala Neurons. [PDF]
J Neurosci, 2021 Fear of heights is evolutionarily important for survival, yet it is unclear how and which brain regions process such height threats. Given the importance of the basolateral amygdala (BLA) in mediating both learned and innate fear, we investigated how BLA neurons may respond to high-place exposure in freely behaving male mice.
Liu J, Lin L, Wang DV.
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Fear of heights in infants? [PDF]
Curr Dir Psychol Sci, 2014 Based largely on the famous “visual cliff” paradigm, conventional wisdom is that crawling infants avoid crossing the brink of a dangerous drop-off because they are afraid of heights. However, recent research suggests that the conventional wisdom is wrong.
Adolph KE, Kretch KS, LoBue V.
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A non-image-forming visual circuit mediates the innate fear of heights in male mice [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe neural basis of fear of heights remains largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the fear response to heights in male mice and observed characteristic aversive behaviors resembling human height vertigo. We identified visual input as a critical
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