Susceptibility to Fear of Heights in Bilateral Vestibulopathy and Other Disorders of Vertigo and Balance [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 Aims: To determine the susceptibility to visual height intolerance (vHI) in patients with acquired bilateral vestibulopathy (BVP). The question was whether postural instability in BVP, which is partially compensated for by visual substitution of the ...
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Frontiers in Computer Science, 2022 To enable virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) that treats anxiety disorders by gradually exposing the patient to fear using virtual reality (VR), it is important to monitor the patient's fear levels during the exposure. Despite the evidence of a fear
Mannes Poel
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A brief novel intervention for acrophobia (fear of heights) [PDF]
BJPsych Open, 2021 ObjectiveTo investigate a unique brief intervention, which offers a combination of neuro-linguistic programming and practical graded exposure therapy, to overcome a fear of heights.BackgroundA fear of heights or acrophobia is common and often deters people from perusing activities like climbing.
Smith E.
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Love and Fear of Heights: The Pathophysiology and Psychology of Height Imbalance [PDF]
Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 2009 Individual psychological responses to heights vary on a continuum from acrophobia to height intolerance, height tolerance, and height enjoyment. This paper reviews the English literature and summarizes the physiologic and psychological factors that generate different responses to heights while standing still in a static or motionless environment ...
David A Zapala
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Subjective and psychophysiological response to pictures of ancestral and modern threats: Not all evolutionary threats are alike. [PDF]
PLoS ONEAfter encountering a potentially dangerous stimulus, the human body and mind might react with a cascade of physiological, emotional, and cognitive responses to minimize impending harm. However, whether this system can be activated by modern (ontogenetic)
Iveta Štolhoferová +5 more
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Brain Research BulletinPrevious neuroimaging studies based on electroencephalography (EEG) microstate analysis have identified abnormal neural electric activity in patients with psychiatric diseases.
Taihui Zhang +2 more
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Haptic feedback as affective amplifier: enhanced fear perception affects cognitive performance and avoidance actions in VR height exposure [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyHaptic feedback serves as a potent affective amplifier in virtual reality (VR), intensifying threat perception to influence emotional intensity. This study investigated how haptic-enhanced fear stimuli (delivered through platform shaking during VR height
Lin Cong +11 more
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Association Between Sensation Seeking and Fear Response: Interventional Study of Personality and Behavior Using a Virtual Reality Heights Simulation [PDF]
JMIR XR and Spatial ComputingBackgroundImmersive virtual reality (VR) technology presents digital simulations that create the sense of an actual experience. VR simulations are persuasive enough to elicit physiological reactions that mirror real-world responses.
Rebecca C Daugherty +3 more
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Effect of virtual reality (VR) technology on anxiety control and acrophobia reduction: A randomized controlled trial in Iran [PDF]
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental HealthIn recent years, utilizing technologies, such as virtual reality in mental healthcare and treatment, has developed significantly. This study aimed to investigate the effect of using virtual reality (VR) technology on controlling anxiety and reducing fear
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Do natural disasters cause an excessive fear of heights? Evidence from the Wenchuan earthquake [PDF]
Journal of Urban Economics, 2015 Guoying Deng +2 more
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