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[Height vertigo, fear of heights, acrophobia].
Psychiatrie, Neurologie, und medizinische Psychologie, 1990Height vertigo (acrophobia) is a very frequent phenomenon being of interest for its physiological and psychological background, though usually only of limited significance in neuropsychiatry and otology. The different aspects as to its nature and origin are discussed. If acrophobia has developed into a conditioned reaction of avoidance with pressure of
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Depression and Anxiety, 2010
Acrophobia is one of the most prevalent phobias, affecting as many as 1 in 20 individuals. Of course, heights often evoke fear in the general population too, and this suggests that acrophobia might actually represent the hypersensitive manifestation of an everyday, rational fear. In this study, we assessed the role of sensory and cognitive variables in
Coelho, Carlos M., Wallis, Guy
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Acrophobia is one of the most prevalent phobias, affecting as many as 1 in 20 individuals. Of course, heights often evoke fear in the general population too, and this suggests that acrophobia might actually represent the hypersensitive manifestation of an everyday, rational fear. In this study, we assessed the role of sensory and cognitive variables in
Coelho, Carlos M., Wallis, Guy
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Narrative Approach to Assess Fear of Heights in Virtual Environments
2016This paper presents an approach to the detection and identification of measurable human responses to heights inside a virtual environment. Biometric data such as heart rate and movement reactions are acquired during the execution of a task within a specific framework, signal based analysis is done to validate behavioral responses and interpretation of ...
Angelo D. Moro +2 more
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Theorizing Gamified Virtual Reality Approach to Overcome Fear of Height
2018The use of virtual reality as a form of exposure therapy for people who suffer from acrophobia (fear of height) has been proved and tested by multiple studies. In this paper, we initiate gamified virtual reality approach to overcome fear of height by providing a design implementation theory.
Imran Khaliq, Jc Fowles, Callan Moore
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[Fear of Heights in Primary School Children].
Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie, 2016The life-time prevalence of visual height intolerance in adults is 28 percent, whereas in primary school children, as recently shown, it develops in 34 percent. Triggers and symptoms are similar in children and adults. A significant difference in visual height intolerance of prepubertal children compared to adults is the good prognosis with mostly ...
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Multi-modal physiological signals based fear of heights analysis in virtual reality scenes
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2021Runze Zheng, Tianlei Wang, Jiuwen Cao
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Fear of heights moderates the effects of virtual height exposure on postural control
Gait & Posture, 2022D. Bzduskova +5 more
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Hoogtevrees / Vértigo / Fear of heights
Sirena: poesia, arte y critica, 2007Roland Jooris +3 more
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